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Chapter 9 Development -Short version- What is DEVELOPMENT? • The continued progress of a society in all areas ranging from demographics to economics to social factors. Human Development Index (HDI) “Economists and Geographers agree that certain characteristics of development affect all members of a human race regardless of culture” ~Kaplan~ 4 Indicators of Human Development 1. Life Expectancy 2. Literacy 3. Education 4. Standard of Living What can you infer? Literacy Rate Map Education of Girls Map (# of girls in school per 100 boys) % of population with high school diploma or higher Economic Data Indicators • Can also measure development of a society • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Selling price of all goods & services produced in a country in a year. • Gross National Product (GNP) – Value of goods & services produced by that countries companies in a year. Can include sales by transnational corporations in other countries. What can you infer? GDP per Capita • GDP divided by total population of that country. Result is value of the average person’s production in a year. • 2005 GDP of the USA was over 12.4 trillion, it’s nearest competitor was Japan. • BUT • GDP per capita shows that the leading country is Luxembourg with $70,000. The USA is $41,000. Economic Sectors You can analyze the development of a country by looking at where the majority of people work in their economy. If the majority of people in a society worked in agricultural sectors, what level of development do you think that society would be in? Economic Sector Classification • Primary • Secondary • Tertiary Primary Economic Sectors • Involvement in basic activities, such as farming. • Primary industries extract resources from the Earth, such as timber, fish, minerals, and soil. Secondary Economic Sectors • Use the materials from primary activities to manufacture a product for purchase. • Ex: Furniture making Tertiary Economic Activities • Sells the products from the secondary economic sectors and provide services Types of Jobs are different in LDC’s and MDC’s Agriculture Jobs 60% in LDC compared to only 5% in MDC LDC’s first priority is food production for survival MDC’s have recently experienced a decline in manufacturing jobs. Why? Rags to Riches: Dimensions of Development • 1. What two indicators did you use to assess a country’s level of development? • 2. Why would researchers want to look at the % of people involved in non-agricultural activities? What do non-agricultural activities indicate? • 3. What correlations did you notice between a country’s GDP per-capita ranking & their nonagricultural employment ranking? • 4. How did these rankings impact their overall economic development ranking? Answer these on a separate sheet of paper when you are done with the activity!