§2.3 Measuring human development

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

What you will learn

• Describe the different human development indicators you could use to compare the level of development of different countries 
• Explain why the standard of living is not the same in LEDCs and MEDCs 

Basic necessities

• How to check if someone lives in wealth?
• Look at the basic necessities

Having financial resources to fulfil your needs.

The essentials a person needs to survive.

Basic necessities

Six basic necessities

1. Food
2. Healthcare
3. Sanitation
4. Clothing 
5. Education
6. Shelter

Basic necessities

• Looking at basic necessities can be useful to determine if someone is poor or rich
• Escape from poverty is not easy
• Negative spiral
• Poverty trap

A negative spiral of effects that keep a person poor.

Imagine, you live in a slum and your family does not have a lot of money. They can choose to buy a toilet or a mobile phone. Which one would you choose?

Mobile phone

Toilet

Human Development Indicators

• GDP (per capita) is a way to check if a country is poor or rich
• But how can we check poverty and wealth?
• Human Development Indicators

Signals that show how good or bad the life situation is of a human.

Human Development indicators

• Increase freedom and opportunities
• Improve wellbeing

1. Infant mortality rate
2. Literacy rate
3. Distribution of medical doctors
4. Life expectancy

• Overall development of a country

What is not a basic necessity?

1. Sanitation
2. Education
3. Internet
4. Shelter

What is does not belong in the human development index?

1. Life expectancy
2. Infant mortality rate
3. Literacy rate
4. Death rate

What does the Human Development Index measure?

Making the exercises!

• Make exercises of §2.3 Measuring economic development 2, 3, 5 & 7
  
• Whisper if you want to talk to you neighbour
• Read the book carefully
  
• If you have a question, raise you hand for help!
  
• Finished the exercises? Practice the keywords!

What you have learned

• Explain what kind of different economic development indicators you could use to compare the wealth of different countries 
• Explain what the advantages and disadvantages are of using these economic indicators 

End of lesson!

Homework: Read §2.2 and make the exercises!