Sustainability
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is sustainability?
This indicator measures the average number of years a person is expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
This index is commonly used to measure human development.
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?
This factor occurs when people lack sufficient income and resources to meet basic needs.
What is poverty?
Countries are classified as low, middle, or high income based primarily on this economic measure.
What is Gross National Income (GNI) per capita?
This type of sustainability focuses on protecting natural resources and ecosystems for future generations.
What is environmental sustainability?
A measure of the impact of disease, injury, and premature death on a population
What is burden of disease?
The three key dimensions of human development are a long and healthy life, knowledge and _________
What is a decent standard of living?
Lack of access to safe drinking water can increase the risk of these diseases.
What are water-borne diseases?
Low-income countries often have a larger proportion of the workforce employed in this sector.
What is the agricultural sector?
Access to education, healthcare, and social inclusion are examples of this pillar of sustainability.
What is social sustainability?
This indicator measures deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births.
What is the infant mortality rate?
Human development is about expanding people's ____
That are choices?
Treating wastewater and safely disposing of human waste are examples of this.
What is sanitation?
A country where infectious diseases remain a major cause of death due to poor sanitation and limited healthcare.
What are low-income countries?
The three pillars of sustainability are environmental, social and ___
What is economic sustainability?
This indicator measures the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health.
What is healthy life expectancy (HALE)?
The average number of years of education completed by people aged 25 years and over.
What is mean years of schooling?
A factor that can reduce opportunities for employment, education, and participation in community life.
What is discrimination?
High birth rates and large family sizes are examples of this type of characteristic in low income countries
What is a social characteristic?
The fair distribution of resources and opportunities within and between generations.
What is equity?
A measure based on how individuals rate their own health.
What is self-assessed health status?
The goal of human development is not just survival, but enabling people to achieve this.
What is their full potential?
A key contributor to reduced infant and under-five mortality rates in low-income countries.
What is safe access to water?
This component is often higher in high-income countries due to longer life expectancy.
What is YLD?