Measures of Development

What are the benefits of using national income data (GDP per capita and GNI per capita) as a measure of economic development?

• Takes distribution of income into account, and does not consider the informal economy

• Does not take quality of life factors into account, and does not consider the informal economy

• Takes quality of life factors into account, and considers the informal economy

• Indication of standards of living, and allows useful comparison between countries

How is the Human Development Index (HDI) calculated?

• By using a weighted average of the three dimensions indices with more weight given to health

• By using a simple average of the three dimensions indices with more weight given to education

• By using a geometric mean of the three dimensions indices with equal weight given to all three dimensions

• By using a weighted average of the three dimensions indices with more weight given to living standards

What is the purpose of the Inequality Adjusted HDI (IHDI)?

• To give a more comprehensive measure of economic development than HDI or MPI

• To consider not only the average achievements of a country, but also how those achievements are distributed among its population

• To capture the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time with respect to education, health and living standards

• To create a comprehensive picture of people living in poverty, and permit comparisons both across countries and within countries

What is the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) used for?

• To consider not only the average achievements of a country, but also how those achievements are distributed among its population

• To capture an indication of economic sustainability and give a more comprehensive measure of economic development

• To give a more comprehensive measure of economic development than HDI or MPI

• To create a comprehensive picture of people living in poverty, and permit comparisons both across countries and within countries

A more developed country will have a ​ ​ (a)   GII and a ​ (b)   HDI.​ ​

• low

• high

• declining

• increasing

• non-exsistent

Which of the following is NOT used to calculate a country's Human Development Index (HDI)?

• Standard of Living

• Access to Education

• Long and Healthy Life

• Gender Equality

What is the Human Development Index?

• The health of an individual.

• A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

• The country a person lives in,

• The number of preventable diseases in a country.

Development of a country can generally be determined by its:

• per capita income

• average literacy level

• health status of its people

• none of these

Which is the correct definition of a developed country?

• A country with a well established economy and infrastructure. Typically with a high HDI

• A country with a well established economy and infrastructure. Typically with a low HDI

• A country without a well established economy and infrastructure. Typically with a high HDI

• A country with a poorly established economy but well established infrastructure. Typically with a high HDI

a country that, according to the United Nations, exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development

• Less Developed Countries

• Developing Countries

• More Developed Countries