Name: ____________________________________
Introduction to the AP6
UK
Background
Political development
Social and Econ
Development
Human Development
index
Corruption/Transpare
ncy
Constitutional
monarchy
Political rights: 39/40
Civil liberties: 56/60
High GDP per capita
0.932
78/100
- Free & fair elections
- High electoral
participation
13 yrs mandatory
schooling
Life expectancy: 81
yrs
Infant morality:
3.82/1000
Russia
Founded in 12th
century
Formerly managed
by the soviet union
Heavily industrialized
from feudal economy
in 20th century
Political rights: 5/40
Civil liberties: 14/60
Gdp per capita:
26,500
Death rate :13.36
deaths otu of 1000
Infant morality 6.42
saths out of 1000
Life expectancy:
72.44 years
Literacy rate: 99.7%
0.824
28/180
138/180
Islamic rule
No free
14/100
GDP per capita:
12,4000
deah th reate: 5.17
Infant mortality: 14.84
Life expectancy
72.25
0.785 (2018)
Score 28/100
Mena years of
schooling : 10.1
years
Rank 138/180
Nigeria
Iran
Literacy rate: 85.%
Mainly service based
Mexico
China
Federal publikc of 31
states
Chinese comminst
party was form in
1949 after a long and
bloody civil war with
the previous regime
Political rights 27/40
Civil liberties 33/60
Gdp per capita:
$17,900
Mean yrs of
education: 7.1
Partly free
Death rate: 7.71
deaths
Infant morality- 11.86
Lif expectancy: 72.32
yrs
Literacy age: 15 and
over cn read and
write
0.779
Political rights: -2/40
GDP per capita:
16.400
0.499
Civil liberties 11/60
Electoral process is
non-existence
- Citizen have
no right to
choose their
leader
Freedom of
expression and belief
- One of
world’s most
restrictive
media
environments
Rule of law
- Beatings and
7.9 deaths/ 1000
population
6.7 deaths/ 1000
lives birth
Life expectancy:
77.72 years (75 nake
80.7 feamles
Literacy 96.8%
(98.5%male 95.2%
female
28100
39/100
torture are
widely
employed
Personal autonomy
and individual rights
- Only one
legal labor
union, but
controlled by
law
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries - Human Development Report (RANKING OUT OF 189)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/profileguide.html - GDP /GDP PER CAPITA /GINI INDEX /GDP GROWTH RATE
https://freedomhouse.org/- Civil Rights/Civil Liberties (ranking 1-7) and Freedom on the Net (ranking 1-100)
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018-Corruption - Corruption Perception Index (ranking out of 180)
https://fragilestatesindex.org/ - Fragile State Index (ranking out of 178)
https://rsf.org/en - Reporters without Borders – World Press Freedom Index
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI - World Bank for Gini Index
1. In your notes make sure that you have briefly defined EACH measurement and have described what it measures.
2. Review Fragile State Index site (linked above). Go to the Political Indicator for each country. Now click deeper and zero in on the state
legitimacy graph line of each country. With the data you just compiled from the presentations, do you see any patterns or trends?
Fragile states index
→ based on conflict asseessment framework known as “CAST”
- Measurds vulnerability and assess how it mkght affect projects in the fired, and countinues to be used widely by policy makers,
firld practitioners, and local commjnity networks.
3. There has been some debate as to whether economic growth causes democracy or merely correlates with democracy.
a.
Identify which country has the most economic growth?
b.
Select one of the indicators listed in the table and explain how that indicator can be used to support your answer.
c.
How might you explain the discrepancy between China’s GDP (purchasing power parity) and their GDP per capita?
d.
Compare China’s data with that of the United Kingdom. What differences do you see? What might be a reason for the disparity?
4. Take a closer look at the Human Development Index. What are the components that make up this index?
5. Which component of the HDI is most likely to be affected by corruption in Mexico?
Per capita gross national income because corruption effects business which negatively effects the economy