INTS 2380- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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What is development: political, social, trying to improve peoples" lives, protection, legal protection of certain groups of people, transparency, economics, foundation to all development. In the end is supposed to make human life better. What are the goals/objectives of development: sustain. It"s not clear whether the mdgs made any difference: every indicator of human well-being has improved, but is it because of the. Economic indicators: gdp/per capita: (all goods/services produced within a country) beneficiaries or owners of production may reside elsewhere, gni/per capita: gdp plus carious income from citizens working abroad, minus income claimed by non-citizens. Non-economic indicators (human development: hdi (human development index): quality of life, education/knowledge, standard of life (gdp/capita) Relative poverty: absolute: living below what un considers poverty line (. 25/day, relative: living in the bottom x% in your country. Mpi (multidimensional poverty index: dimension, indicators, health, child mortality, nutrition, education, years of school, school attendance, living standards, cooking fuel, toilet, h2o, electricity, flooring.
