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Measuring development

A. Economies indices:

  1. Gross Domestic Product: Total value of goods and services produced in a country. Includes all income of the resident of nation, corporate and individuals which derive directly from the current production of goods and services.
  2. Gross National Product: Including income from investments abroad. it is the sum of the property income from abroad and the GDP.
  3. Purchasing Power Parity: Takes into account local cost of living and usually expressed per capita
  4. GDP/GNP per capita: Total value divided by the total population.

 

B. Social indices:

  1. The population
  2. Standard of living
  3. The food
  4. Drinking water
  5. Infant mortality
  6. Life expectancy
  7. Fertility rate
  8. Education and employment

 

C. Other social indices:

  1. Crime levels
  2. Subjective life satisfaction
  3. Male and female literacy rates
  4. Number of people per public vehicle
  5. Corruption perception index
  6. Population per doctor
  7. Number in higher education
  8. Food consumption
  9. Energy consumption
  10. Mortality rates for diseases
  11. Pollution levels
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