Transcript Measures of Economic Development

BEGINNING:
DEVELOPED
OR
NOT?
…but what kind of developed do you mean?
Developed nations – also called:
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•
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First world
Advanced
Industrialized
• Modernized
• “HAVES”
• Westernized
whites
In the past, this is generally how
thought the rest of the world should be.
What support is there for this “edgy” statement?
To G8 slide:
Measures of Economic Development
1. GDP per capita
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
(total) (in that country) (goods & services made)
Which country in the world has the largest GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
How much is that?
12 Trillion per year
Incidentally…..
Japan
Germany
China
GNP per capita (US $)
Which country is economically #1?
?
How are we # 1 here,
but not there?
per capita – (per person)
DO NOT USE GDP alone!
Measures of Economic
Development
1. GDP per capita
2. Population Growth (NOT just population!)
HIGH
POPULATION
?
Negative growth
Positive growth
LOW
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Americans - Whites
Developed countries around the world
America - OVERALL:
including African Americans & other Immigrants
2020
1.
What are the three
variables in this graph?
•% in Age group
•Age group
•Gender !
2.
What percent of the
population is under 20?
22%!
Gender !
3.
What percent of the
population is over 45?
10-12%!
4.
Write a ratio for kids to
adults:?
2:1
(kids) : (adults)
5.
Estimate and write a
ratio for kids to adults in
the USA
1:4
(kids) : (adults)
6.
Fill in the blank in the title.
Population Growth
Activity Sheet
Measures of Economic
Development
1. GNP per capita
2. Population Growth
3. Occupational Structure of the Labor Force
economic stages of
development: a Simplistic look
Services
Manufacturing
Ag
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Agriculture (farming)
What are most people doing
daily to survive?
Undeveloped
Developing
Developed
(Early stage)
(Middle stages)
(Later stages)
Measures of Economic
Development
1.
2.
3.
4.
GNP per capita
Population Growth
Occupational Structure of the Labor Force
Urbanization
Are there changes in where people live as a nation “develops”?
> Do people move?
> Do cities (urban areas) grow or shrink?
> What happens to rural areas?
Typically, urban and suburban areas grow…
rural areas decline.
Measures of Economic
Development
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2.
3.
4.
5.
GNP per capita
Population Growth
Occupational Structure of the Labor Force
Urbanization
Consumption per capita
US as a Part of World Population
USA 5%
Rest of
World 95%
US as Consumers in World
USA, 35%
Rest of
the World
65%
Measures of Economic
Development
1. GNP per capita
2. Population Growth
3. Occupational Structure of the Labor Force
4. Urbanization
5. Consumption per capita
6. Infrastructure (explain in your notes!)
What about water?...
7. Social Conditions
> Literacy rate, better to have……
> Life expectancy, better to have……
> Infant mortality, better to have……
> Caloric intake, better to have……
most “powerful” nations of the world – They “rule”
G8 - The
economically
The current G8 leaders are:
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Russia
• United Kingdom
• United States
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On your paper record as many observations as you can in 90 seconds.
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GDP per capita
(1995)
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