About Lesson
Measuring development
A. Economies indices:
- 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.
- Gross National Product: Including income from investments abroad. it is the sum of the property income from abroad and the GDP.
- Purchasing Power Parity: Takes into account local cost of living and usually expressed per capita
- GDP/GNP per capita: Total value divided by the total population.
B. Social indices:
- The population
- Standard of living
- The food
- Drinking water
- Infant mortality
- Life expectancy
- Fertility rate
- Education and employment
C. Other social indices:
- Crime levels
- Subjective life satisfaction
- Male and female literacy rates
- Number of people per public vehicle
- Corruption perception index
- Population per doctor
- Number in higher education
- Food consumption
- Energy consumption
- Mortality rates for diseases
- Pollution levels