Development Terms
Social, environmental, and economic terms are used to describe the overall need to create this type of development.
What is sustainable development?
This is an acronym for the economic output per person x population.
What is the GDP?
These are five major global social problems listed in the Millenium Goals.
What are poverty, hunger, accessible health, access to education education, plight of women, conflict, natural disasters and ecological degradation, uneven development of nations, the uneven impact of most global problems, displacement and forced migration, HIV/AIDS epidemic and other global health problems?
This country has over 3.3 million NGOs operating within its borders.
What is India?
This theory of development refers to a model of a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society
What is Modernization theory?
One billion of the world's poorest live below this amount of income per year.
What is $500?
This is an algorithm which quantifies progress based on if a country can provide solutions to basic needs and adequate opportunities to succeed in life.
What is the Social Progress Index?
This country has the lowest score on the social progress index
What is the Central African Republic?
Midgley defines this type of development as a process of promoting people's welfare in conjunction with a dynamic process of economic development.
What is human or social development?
The invention the steam engine, the Wealth of Nations, and the Independence of America in 1776 were all a part of the beginning of this.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
These countries are the most disadvantaged in terms of economic growth.
What are landlocked countries?
This country's growth was one big reason for reaching the Millenium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty in half five years ahead of schedule.
What is China?
This theory advocates for an increased role for the state in terms of imposing barriers to trade, making inward investment difficult and promoting nationalization of key industries
What is Dependency Theory?
These are the three major economic bodies that act as important components of the UN system.
What are the World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund), and WTO (World Trade Organization)?
This is how many sustainable development goals there are.
What is 17?
This country, discussed yesterday and in the video, has a lot of natural resources but many social problems
What is Russia?
This theory of development was championed by political figures such as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
What is neoliberal theory?
This refers to the sustained, consistent growth of GDP over time contributing the increased standard of living.
What is economic development?
What are the four components of International Development?
What is economic development, quality of life, sustainable development and human development?
The country that has prioritized education, health and environmental sustainability, leading to an increase in its SPI
What is Costa Rica?