4.2 Measuring prosperity and well-being

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Rich and poor

Last week: 4.1 Rich and poor: A world of differences

Today: 4.2 Measuring prosperity and well-being

Glossary

What do those words mean?!

Prosperity

Poverty

Development

Informal

Well-being

Look at the circle graphs in source 5. How can you tell that Indonesia is a developing country and Australia is a rich country?

Make notes!!

Rich and poor

Work together

Read the paragraph. Answer the following questions with your group:

What is the richest country in the world? And what is the poorest? How do you measure wealth? What do you look at?

prosperity is NOT well-being

Well-being

The GDP says something about the prosperity of a country, but not about thewell-being. Well-being is measured by looking at:

• life expectancy
• purchasing power
• literacy rate

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Get challenged

• Make Challenge World 4.2 on page 108 of the workbook