1 / 29

Economic Geography--Development

Economic Geography--Development. Geog 101. Development. Process of improving material conditions of people through diffusion of information and technology. HDI—economic/social/demographic data combined.

hastin
Download Presentation

Economic Geography--Development

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Economic Geography--Development Geog 101

  2. Development • Process of improving material conditions of people through diffusion of information and technology. • HDI—economic/social/demographic data combined

  3. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990

  4. HDI

  5. What factors are used for HDI? • Economic (1) –GDP per capita • Social (2) – Literacy rate/amt. of Education • Demographic Indicators (1) – Life expectancy

  6. Lowest HDIs

  7. Norway-first Iceland Australia Ireland Sweden Canada Japan USA Netherlands Niger-last Sierra Leone Mali Yemen Nepal Lesotho Burundi Rwanda Liberia Human Development Index--2005

  8. Indicators of Development • Economic— • The HDI examines GDP per capita • US $12 trillion divided by 300 mill = $40,000 • $4,400 average—LDCs

  9. GDP per capita

  10. World literacy rates

  11. 20% of the world population was illiterate in 1998 by the United Nations definition - the inability to read and write a simple sentence in any language.[1] Using a definition of: "age 15 and over can read and write", the U.S. CIA World Factbook estimated in 2007 that the overall world literacy rate was 82%.

  12. Life expectancy

  13. North/South Divide

  14. What are some causes of poverty in LDCs?Tropical/Dry climatesOverpopulationIdeologyCorruptionColonialism---Civil unrest/lack of foreign Investment/poor infrastructureDisease-AIDS-/Malaria, polio, TB, sleeping sickness

  15. Amtrak

  16. Congo Langs.

  17. Exodus from Sierra Leone ‘92

  18. “Madagascar is bleeding to death”

  19. Norway Iceland Sweden Australia Netherlands Belgium USA Canada Japan Sierra Leone Niger Burkina Faso Burundi Mozambique Central Afr. Republic Ethiopia Dem. Rep. of Congo Guinea-Bissau Gender Development Index-2001

  20. Child marriage South Sudan http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/03/06/child-marriage-south-sudan

More Related