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Ch. 12: Living Standards in a Changing World
Measuring Development
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What are the 3 measures that compose of the UN Human Development Index (HDI)?
Describe how a country’s GDP is calculated.
What is the purpose of the UN HDI?
Should Canada feel any responsibility to nations at the bottom of the index? Why or why not?
Comment on the statement in your text that the 200 richest people in the world have as much
wealth as the combined income of 41% of the world’s population.
Look at figure 12-2. Which regions generally score highest on the HDI? Which score is the
lowest? (Answer in terms of hemispheres or continents)
Define “infrastructure
Define “newly industrializing countries”.
Define “heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs)”.
Look at Figure 12-3. Which of the 3 MDGs do you think are the most important? Give reasons
for your answer. Which goals are most likely to be met? Which are least likely to be met?
Explain.
Measuring Living Standards
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Define “globalization”.
What are “multinational corporations (MNCs)”?
Why is it difficult to accurately measure levels of economic development?
Compare and contrast the lives of Canadians who live in poverty with those in developing
countries.
15. Explain the problems faced by people moving from rural to urban areas in developing
countries.
16. Complete the following Plus-Minus- (PM) chart for globalization.
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Measuring Poverty
17. What is the World Bank and what is their function?
18. How is poverty defined in Canada?
19. Examine Figure 12-8. Which dimension (in blue) most clearly demonstrates the difference
between measuring poverty in developed and developing countries?
20. What role have the IMF and World Bank played in the economies of developing countries?
Explain some of the problems with SAPs.
21. How is the HIPC initiative meant to help the poorest developing countries?
22. What has Canada done to help HIPCs?
The Vulnerable Ones: Women and Children
23. How does improving the status of women improve a country’s economic development?
24. Explain the connection between education for women and the fertility rate in developing
countries.
25. List the 5 factors that make up the child risk index of the UNICEF Progress of Nations report.
26. Why do so many children in developing countries die before the age of 5?
27. How young are some of the youngest child soldiers fighting in Africa?
28. Describe how children in developing countries are being exploited in the workplace.
The Health Crisis
29. How many people do not have access to safe drinking water in the world?
30. Why is the spread of malaria increasing?
31. How many people are affected by AIDS/HIV pandemic worldwide? What percent are from
Africa?
Helping to Improve Living Standards
32. Why is tied aid criticized?
33. Why do you think Canada (and many other nations) have reduced the amount of aid being
given despite their pledge to contribute 0.7% of their GDP in aid?
34. How much does the world spend on military annually? How much does the UN estimate it
would cost to meet all of the Millennium Development Goals? Comment on this.
35. Why do you think the CARE program (a NGO) in Bangladesh succeeded where large aid
programs failed?