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!