Level of development and Human Development Index

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Level of development and Human Development Index
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Levels of Development

• Less Developed
• Newly Industrialized
• Developed

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CHAD

• Life Expectancy 48.33 years
• GDP per capita 1,600
• Literacy Rate 25.7
• Schooling 7 years

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North Korea

• Life Expectancy 68.9 years
• GDP Per Capita 1,800
• Literacy Rate 99
• School life N/A

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Human Development Index

• way of measuring development by combining
  indicators of life expectancy, educational
  attainment and income.
• a single statistic which was to serve as a frame
  of reference for both social and economic
  development.

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other factors

• Infant Mortality rate
• Literacy rate
• Industries
• Types of Agriculture
• Government-are leaders elected?
• Infrastructure

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• What is the HDI and how can it be used to
  determine a countrys level of development?

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Top 10 developed countries

• 1. Norway
• 2. Australia
• 3. New Zealand
• 4. United States
• 5. Ireland

• 6. Liechtenstein
• 7. Netherlands
• 8. Canada
• 9. Sweden
• 10. Germany

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Bottom 10 Developed Countries

• 159. Central African republic
• 160. Mali
• 161. Burkina Faso
• 162. Liberia
• 163. Chad
• 164. Guinea-Bissau
• 165. Mozambique

• 166. Burundi
• 167. Niger
• 168. Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 169. Zimbabwe

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