social science
development issues
WORKBOOK
- (South A frica and the world)
including indicators of development
KEY CONCEPTS
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year.
This indicates, in financial terms, how much a country earns.
Human Development Index (HDI): An indicator to measure human development in a country.
Less economically developed country (LEDC): Developing countries like India and Kenya.
More economically developed country (MEDC): Developed countries like Japan and France.
Colonialism: When a powerful nation controls the politics and economy of another country.
Good governance: When a government runs the country honestly and with transparency and accountability.
Subsistence economy: When people produce products (crops) for their own use/ consumption.
Commercial economy: When products are produced on a large scale by a country and
sold commercially to another country.
Boycott: When a country refuses commercial relations with another country,
i.e. they refuse to buy from or sell to them.
Sanctions: When a country has a penalty imposed on them because of their policies.
(Twenty years ago South African had little trade because of its Apartheid policy and other countries imposed
sanctions on it).
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Activity 1
Indicators of development – Life Expectancy
Life expectancy (LE) for Burundi and Sweden.
Source: Images from Gapminder, with permission.
The mean (average) life expectancy (LE) for Sweden has been calculated below (81 years):
63+77+84+88+93
= 81
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1. Refer to the graph above and calculate
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the mean LE for Burundi
2. Comment on how LE can be used as an indicator of development. ___________________________
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3. The HDI uses LE and two other indicators of development. Name these.
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4. Classify Sweden and Burundi as a MEDC or a LEDC according to their LE.
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___________________________ and ___________________________.
Sweden___________________ Burundi_________________
5. Discuss how good governance can improve the LE in Burundi.
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Activity 2
Graph interpretation – indicators of development
Refer to the graph below and answer the questions that follow:
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If you have access to the Internet, go to this site: http://www.gapminder.org/world to access the
interactive version of this graph or if you have a smart phone, scan this QR code.
Graph representing LE and GDP for 2012. The sizes of the circles are an indicator of population size.Source: Images from Gapminder, with permission.
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1. Explain how the LE and GDP of a country are calculated.
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2. Use the graph above to complete the table below:
Country
United States
China
Russia
Vietnam
India
Ethiopia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Botswana
Sierra Leone
Life Expectancy
GDP ($)
57 years
9 000
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3. Rank (order) the listed countries in terms of their HDI from most developed to least developed.
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South Africa
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4. List 6 factors that influence a country’s level of development.
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