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 Expectancy2. Literacy3. Education4. 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 non-agricultural 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!
