Lesson 1 yr9 measuring development
- 1. Development L/O: To understand what development is and how it is measured Starter: What is development?
- 2. Development Development – Improvement in human welfare, quality of life, social well being. Satisfying the population’s needs and wants.
- 3. North South Divide Brandt Commission in 1981
- 4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year.
- 5. Birth rate is the number of babies born per 1000. The higher the number the less developed a country is.
- 6. Life expectancy - the average age to which a person lives, eg this is 79 in the UK and 48 in Kenya.
- 7. Literacy rate is the percentage of adults who can read and write. This is 99% in the UK, 85% in Kenya and 60% in India.
- 8. Doctors per 100,000 tells us how rich a country is. The more doctors there are, the less time patients have to wait.
- 9. HDI-Human Development Index Gives a country a score between 0 and 1 and is based on life expectancy, education and income.