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Using HDI in AP Human Geography

Using HDI in AP Human Geography. Kevin Turner Spanish River Community HS Boca Raton, FL. What Should AP HG Students Know About HDI?.

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Using HDI in AP Human Geography

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  1. Using HDI in AP Human Geography Kevin Turner Spanish River Community HS Boca Raton, FL

  2. What Should AP HG Students Know About HDI? • Human Development Index (HDI) summarily measures average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living • HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing development, not economic growth alone • HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes • HDI does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human security, empowerment, etc. (GDI? GEM? Gini?)

  3. Key Questions from Rags and Riches • 3.1 Why do Cuba, Poland and Moldova rank higher on the human welfare than the economic dimension of development? • 3.2 Why do Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates rank higher on the economic than the social welfare dimension of development? • 3.3 What are the long-term ramifications of investing heavily in economic production at the expense of human welfare investment? • 3.3 What are the long-term ramifications of investing heavily in human welfare at the expense of economic production?

  4. Multidimensional Poverty Index

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