The Level Of Development And Human Welfare Varies Globally And Has Had A Range Of Consequences
Overview
Development is not spread evenly across the world, and it is not spread evenly inside any single country either. A child born in one region can expect eight more years of life than a child born a thousand kilometres away under the same flag, taught by the same national curriculum and counted in the same census.
This lesson maps that unevenness at two scales. First you will describe the global pattern and trace the historic, economic and social reasons behind it. Then you will go inside one named country, Brazil, to see how poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing and patchy infrastructure cluster in particular places. Finally you will learn to read the demographic fingerprints, fertility, mortality and population structure, that different levels of development leave behind.
Objectives
- Global pattern of the uneven development between and within countries and the factors (social, historic and economic) that have led to these spatial variations
- Impact of uneven development on welfare and quality of life within one named country: poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing and physical infrastructure
- How countries at different levels of development have differences in their demographic data (fertility rates, death rates, natural increase, population structures, maternal and infant mortality rates)
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- Which region contains most of the countries with the lowest HDI values? A) Eastern Europe B) Sub-Saharan Africa C) South East Asia D) Central America Answer: B
- A country has a crude birth rate of 38 per 1,000 and a crude death rate of 8 per 1,000. What is its rate of natural increase? A) 0.3 per cent B) 3.0 per cent C) 30 per cent D) 46 per cent Answer: B
- Which shape of population pyramid is typical of a country with a low level of development? A) Narrow base and wide top B) Wide base narrowing rapidly with age C) Equal width at all ages D) Wide in the middle and narrow at both ends Answer: B
- Which Brazilian region is the country's economic core? A) The North East B) The North C) The South East D) The Centre West Answer: C
- Why can a highly developed country have a higher crude death rate than a less developed one? A) Its healthcare system is less effective B) It has a much older population structure C) It has a higher birth rate D) It counts deaths differently Answer: B
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