Development: Activity 1 Answers

Dylan Postmus HSS

 Activity 1: Development

1.       Development: a process where something is further refined, improved or expanded. Something becomes more adapt, more efficient. Infrastructure is built, technology is bettered.

2.       GNI per person, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, percentage of children receiving secondary education, number of fixed-line and cell phones per 1000 people, GDP,.

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Developed Countries (MEDCs)	Developing Countries (LEDCs)
GNI per person more than $6 000 a year	GNI per person less than $6000 a year
Many industries produce high-value products	Underdeveloped industrial sector
Extensive trading (exports and imports)	Low value exports
High levels of education	Large number of unemployed poor, small number of very wealthy people
Good health care	Health care problems

4.       LEDCs-Less Economically Developed Countries

MEDCs-More Economically Developed Countries

5.       It is an accurate account of how a country is developing, as it measures poverty, literacy, life expectancy and education. Should it be found that a country is dealing well with all of these aspects (developing them, then it is safe to say that it is developed, seeing as it’s general population are better provided for, its public systems have been improved. These are all indicators of how well a country is able to function, therefore, a developed country is a country that has been “bettered”, and therefore these factors are part of a developed country. More than one indicator used.

5.1   There is a small correlation. Some countries with high rates of female death at birth.are also among the top ten lowest HDI ranking countries.

5.2   As the infant mortality rate is a factor in deciding which countries are developed and which aren’t, some countries with high infant mortality rates are among the top ten lowest ranking HDI countries. Low HDI ranking companies don't have very good access to medical care, or even other things like clean water. These factors make for high health risks, causing death at birth. 

5.3   High infant mortality rates, low GNI per person, poor health care. Lack of employment.

5.4   Subsistence farming is when a farming community farms not to trade the products, but to use them for the upkeep of the community, i.e. to feed the community with its own crops/livestock.

5.5   They need to create enough product to be able to export. (better farm machines, bigger crops)

6.       Sustainable Development means that the resources fueling development are used in such a way that they might be used for a longer period of time, i.e. not exhausted

7.       Goal1: End extreme poverty and hunger

Goal2: Give primary education to all children

Goal3: Promote equality between men and women, and promote women

Goal4: Reduce child mortality    

Goal5: Improve health of pregnant mothers

Goal6: Fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases

Goal7: Make sure the environment I used in a sustainable way

Goal8: Encourage partnerships between governments, businesses and other organisations to work together for development