Transcript Indicators of Economic Development

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Indicators of Economic
Development
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So Farrrr.
• We have written down terms
connected with Development.
• Chosen 5 countries in each
continent and produced a
Choropleth map and described
what it shows:
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North South Divide Map
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Definition of Development
• Changes Overtime. Early examples
focused on strength of economies.
• First World (USA, Europe,
Australasia)
• Second World (Former
Communist)
• Third World (Africa, parts of Asia
etc) These are all Out dated terms.
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Definition Continued
• Many Geographers now link to Social
Conditions and improvements in Human
Welfare e.g. greater wealth, better
education, health etc.
• Environmental issues are also
important. E.g. Earth Summit, Rio de
Janeiro 1992 examined the whole issue
of Environmental Sustainability in
relation to development.
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Indicators of Economic
Development
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Growth versus Development
• Economic growth may be one aspect of
economic development but is not the
same
• Economic growth:
– A measure of the value of output of goods
and services within a time period
• Economic Development:
– A measure of the welfare of humans in a
society
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Economic Growth
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This might be a common
picture……
But this could be just around the
corner!
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Using measures of
economic growth can
give distorted pictures
of the level of income
in a country – the
income distribution is
not taken into account.
A small proportion of
the population can own
a large amount of the
wealth in a country.
The level of human
welfare for the majority
could therefore be very
limited.
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Growth
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Economic Growth
• Using measures of economic performance in terms of
the value of income, expenditure and output
• GDP – Gross Domestic Product
– The value of output produced within a country during a
time period
• GNP – Gross National Product
– The value of output produced within a country plus net
property income from abroad (or income from foreign
investments)
• GDP/GNP per head/per capita
– Takes account of the size of the population
• Real GDP/GNP
– Accounts for differences in price levels in different
countries
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Economic Growth
Shopping Mall in Saudi Arabia
Dubai Skyline
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• High economic growth fuelled through capital spending can
hide a number of underlying economic problems – how is the
income and wealth distributed? Who is doing the spending
and will it ‘trickle down’ to the poor?
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GNP and GDP
• Task: Using page 7 of Pop,
resources and Development,
examine the strengths and
weaknesses of using these two
terms as measures of
development.
• What is a better method but still
using income.
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National Income – Problems
with using GDP/GNP
• Reliability of data?
– How accurate is the data that is collected?
• Distribution of income?
– How is the income distributed – does a
small proportion of the population earn a
high percentage of the income or is income
more evenly spread?
• What is actually produced does not always
have a monetary value e.g. subsistence
farming.
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National Income – Problems
with using GDP/GNP
• Quality of life?
– Can changes in economic growth measure changes
in the quality of life?
– Does additional earnings power bring with it
additional stress, increases in working hours,
increased health and family problems?
• Impact of exchange rate?
– Difference in exchange rates can distort the
comparisons – need to express in one currency, but
which one and at what value?
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National Income – Problems
with using GDP/GNP
• Black/informal economy?
• Some economic activity not
recorded – subsistence
farming and barter activity,
for example
• Some economic activity is
carried out illegally –
building work ‘cash in
hand’, drug dealing, etc.
• Work of the non-paid may
not be considered but may
Children in Sierra Leone dig for diamonds. This activity is illegal and
contribute to welfare –
goes unrecorded and is not therefore part of the national income
but may be the only source of income for some of these children.
charity work, housework,
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etc.
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Development
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Development
• Development incorporates the
notion of a measure/measures of
human welfare
• As such it is a
normative(establishing a norm)
concept – open to interpretation
and subjectivity
• What should it include?
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Social Indicators
• See Julius Neyere’s Definition,
Write down and discuss
• View Table 1 on page 8 of P,R & D
and list some social indicators of
development.
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Development
• Levels of poverty
– Absolute poverty
– Relative poverty
• Inequality
• Progress – what
constitutes
progress?
Our definitions of progress may be highly subjective. What
has progress brought to native tribes people across the
globe?
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What is Poverty?
Romanian gypsies – is this man living in poverty?
Or is this villager in rural China?
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• Poverty is a ‘relative’ term
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Development
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Other considerations of human welfare:
Political freedoms?
Sustenance?
Sustainable development?
Self esteem?
Proportion of activity in different sectors
of the economy:
– Primary
– Secondary
– Tertiary
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Development
• Iraqis have
supposedly been
given their freedom
following the
American led
‘Operation freedom’
but has it improved
welfare?
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Human Development Index
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Human Development Index
(HDI)
• HDI – A socio-economic measure
• Focus on three dimensions of human
welfare:
• Longevity – Life expectancy
• Knowledge – Access to education,
literacy rates
• Standard of living – GDP per capita:
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
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Other Measures?
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Other Measures?
• How far do these
other measures
reflect levels of
human welfare?
America may be the richest nation on earth but it
has its problems – does this reflect the level of
development?
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Tasks:
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5.
Write your own definition of development.
Complete the tasks on page 11 of the
booklets
Define New Human Poverty Index
Evaluate the usefulness of the HDI as an
Indicator for measuring development. (See
page 14 in booklet for calculation)
Read and Highlight the Geoactive pages 1619 and add additional information to notes
and answer question 3.
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Tasks Continued
• Construct a table for the
development profiles of 5 countries
(See page 1 of booklet)
• Describe what the table shows
regarding the levels of
development of each of the
countries.
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