The Changing Economic
World – Paper 2 Human
,Development
• When a country is improving.
• Development is the progress in economic growth, use of
technology and improving welfare that a country has mad
When a country develops, it gets better for the people livin
there – their quality of life improves (eg: their wealth, hea
and safety)
• The level of development is different in different countries
Eg: France is more developed than Ethiopia. The difference
in development between more and less developed countr
is called the global development gap.
,Measures of Development
Some measures look at a country’s level of economic
development, while others look at social factors that provid
information about people’s quality of life.
, Gross National Income (GNI)
- The total value of goods and services produced by a count
in a year, including income from overseas. It if often given
US$.
- A measure of wealth
- As a country develops, GNI gets higher.
World – Paper 2 Human
,Development
• When a country is improving.
• Development is the progress in economic growth, use of
technology and improving welfare that a country has mad
When a country develops, it gets better for the people livin
there – their quality of life improves (eg: their wealth, hea
and safety)
• The level of development is different in different countries
Eg: France is more developed than Ethiopia. The difference
in development between more and less developed countr
is called the global development gap.
,Measures of Development
Some measures look at a country’s level of economic
development, while others look at social factors that provid
information about people’s quality of life.
, Gross National Income (GNI)
- The total value of goods and services produced by a count
in a year, including income from overseas. It if often given
US$.
- A measure of wealth
- As a country develops, GNI gets higher.
