Measuring Development

Lesson 41 – pages 44-45

To learn that development is the process through which quality of life improves.

To learn how development can be measured.

To compare different measures of development.

Key skill = number

Lesson Aims

International development is sometimes called human development. It is very closely linked to economic development. Simply put:◦It is the way in which the quality of life in a country changes over time. People should get richer, live longer & have more opportunities.

Development

Development is measured using the HDI (Human Development Index). The HDI is worked out by putting together 3 important pieces of information:

◦Life expectancy◦Literacy◦Real GDP (Gross Domestic Product – is how much money is earned) – real GDP looks at that compared to how much it would buy – against a typical basket of food.

HDI 2009

What is development? What is the HDI and how is it worked out? Compare the levels of development shown by the HDI map for Africa and Europe.

Activity

How else might development be measured?

Draw a scattergraph of this data putting IMR on the vertical axis and GDP on the horizontal axis.

  Describe the

type of correlation shown.

Other Measures

GDP per Capita (ppp)$

Infant Mortality (per thousand)

Sierra Leone 1,040 144Rwanda 1,600 92Pakistan 3,300 72Uganda 1,300 65Kenya 1,400 62Egypt 6,000 32Brazil 9,500 30Malaysia 10,000 18Spain 25,500 6UK 31,500 6Australia 33,00 6

Negative CorrelationWhat are Mr B’s deliberate mistakes?

1,040 1,600 3,300 1,300 1,400 6,000 9,500 10,000 25,500 31,500 33,000

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Label axisand units

Label axisand units

Title

Scattergraphnot line graph