GEOG 1003 Study Guide - Millennium Development Goals, Washington Consensus, Gini Coefficient
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Goal: to be able to explain why some places are developed while others are not. Is the global improvement of social and environmental well-being. 5: the un"s millennium development goals of 2000 (www. un. org/millenniumgoals, eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality. Most countries have regional disparities in gnp/capita. Us example (factfinder. census. gov, census 2000 summary file 4, Pct130: the social distribution issue, the economism issue, the spatial scale issue, most countries have regional disparities in gnp/capita, us example (factfinder. census. gov, census 2000 summary file 4, pct. 2000: us gnp/capita $ 21,587, white ,918, asians ,823, blacks$ 14,437, natives ,893. Standard of living measure by gdp per capita (in usd adjusted for purchasing power parity) Health measured by life expectancy at birth. Knowledge measured by a combination of adult literacy rate and primary, secondary, and post-secondary enrolment ratios: hdi can in theory range from 0 to 1. 00.
