Development and Quality of Life Learning Objective To

Development and Quality of Life

Learning Objective • To understand global variations in economic development and quality of life. Success Criteria • To understand that there are different ways of classifying parts of the world according to their level of economic development and quality of life. • To understand different economic and social measures of development. • To understand the limitations of economic and social measures.

Development is…? Think, Pair, Share 1. You have 30 seconds to think about the question ‘Development is…? ’ 2. Discuss your ideas in your pair 3. Share your ideas with the class Development: Means growth. As a country develops it will usually improve in terms of wealth, technology and welfare.

Classification How can we classify parts of the world according to their level of economic development and quality of life? Countries can be classified as: • More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs). These tend to be found in the north and are richer. • Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs). These are poorer and are found in the south. Problem This map only measures wealth, so is not a very good measure of development.

Classification A better way to classify countries will not just show wealth, but also how quickly countries are developing. • Higher Income Countries (HICs). These have a high GNI per head and a high quality of life. • Low Income Countries (LICs). These have a low GNI per head and a low quality of life. • Newly Emerging Economies (NEEs): These are rapidly getting richer. Their economy is moving from primary industry to secondary industry. Task Can you match the country, with the correct stage on the DTM? Problem This map still has problems because it is just measuring wealth. For example, Russia’s GNI per head is quite high. However, the country’s wealth is not spread evenly among its population and many people are very poor.

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Classification An even better way to classify countries will also show social measures of development. The Human Development Index (HDI) combines information on health, education and wealth. It was created by the United Nations to measure social and economic progress. 1= perfect 0 = bad

How Can We Measure Development? Economic Indicators Social Indicators • Gross National Income (GNI) • GNI per head • Gross Domestic product (GDP) • • birth rate death rate Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) people per doctor literacy rate access to safe water life expectancy Task Use the triangular dominoes to match up the key terms with their correct meanings. Problem You must not look at just one indicator of development, because it can be misleading.

Causes of Uneven Development Can you list some reasons why some countries are more developed than others? Photo courtesy of John Hill (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Photo courtesy of Max Wolfe (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Photo courtesy of Walter Lim (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Photo courtesy of Walter Crane (@commons. wikimedia. org) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution

Causes of Uneven Development Use the card sort to organise the ideas into these three categories: Physical causes Photo courtesy of John Hill (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Economic causes Photo courtesy of Max Wolfe (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Historical causes Photo courtesy of Walter Lim (@commons. wikimedia. org) granted under creative commons licence – attribution Photo courtesy of Walter Crane (@commons. wikimedia. org) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution

Consequences of Uneven Development The main consequences of uneven development are: • Migration • Wealth • Health Migration occurs if nearby countries have a much greater wealth, e. g. every year, over 130, 000 Mexicans legally migrate to the USA (and thousands more enter illegally) in search of a better quality of life. Task Use an atlas or the internet to show that different countries have wealth and health inequalities. Use the activity sheet to record your answers