Standards of Living around the World | Development and HDI | Inequality and poverty | Globalization |
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What is GDP?
Gross domestic product
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What is HDI?
The Human Development Index
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What is debt?
When you borrow money
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What is Human geography?
The study of people and their relationships with each other and the environment.
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What are the 3 ranks of development?
Developed Countries
Newly Industrializing Countries Developing Countries |
What does SAP stand for?
Structural adjustment programs
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Is globalization new or old?
Old
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What does GDP measure? (including currency)
GDP = total value (measured in $US) of all goods and services produced within a country in a year.
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What does HDI measure?
1)Wealth
2) Health 3) Education |
Who enforces SAP?
WTO and IMF
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What is the formula for GDP per capita?
GDP/population
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How is education measured in HDI?
Average years of schooling
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What is a result of SAP?
reduce services
increase taxes increase the price of goods to pay back debt. Many of the industries in these countries are controlled by multinational corporations who control the price of their goods |
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Which country has over $50000 USD in GDP per capita? (According to ppt slide 13)
USA
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What rank is Canada in HDI in 2016?
10th
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What is SAP compared to?
Neo Colonialism
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