Indicators of development

Gross Domestic product: The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period, though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis.

GDP is used as a measure to see how much money the companies that make the products make when people buy the product and seeing what their sales are like for them.

HDI is a tool used developed by the United Nations to measure and rank countries.

—The PQLI is an attempt to measure the quality of life or wellbeing of a country

—The value is the average of three statistics all equally weighed on a scale from 0 to 100.

—Basic literacy rates

— Infant mortality

—Life expectancy    

—Developed in the 1970s as one of a number of measures created due to the dissatisfaction with GDP as a single measure of development.

Indicator developed in Bhutan in the 1970s

The new HPI results show the extent to which 151 countries across the globe produce long, happy and sustainable lives for the people that live in them.—

GNI Per Capita:—Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita

—Gross = Total $

—National = Country

—Income = GDP plus income earned by that country from its businesses overseas, in the last year.

—Per Capita = Per Person

Sustainability:Within the four pillars of sustainability, broad indicators of sustainability include:

Social

—Reduce poverty

—Sufficient gainful employment

—Higher education levels

—Increase/enhance access to social services

—Increase/enhance access to medical services

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Cultural

—Recognize and support existing rural culture

—Protect natural and historic heritage

—Support and encourage the development and growth of local arts and artists

—Support cultural diversity

—Advance the library system

What is poverty
Health education low income conflict and lack necessities