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In what respects are the criteria used by UNDP, for measuring development, different from the one used by the World Bank?

Important Questions on Development

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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 6
Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with your own examples related to development.
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 7
Kerala, with lower per capita income, has a better human development ranking than Haryana. Hence, per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and should not be used to compare states. Do you agree? Discuss.
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 8
Find out the present sources of energy that are used by the people in India. What could be the other possibilities fifty years from now?
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 9
Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 10
"The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not to satisfy the greed of even one person". How is this statement relevant to the concept of development? Discuss.
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 11
List a few examples of environmental degradation.
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Understanding Economic Development (Social Science)>Chapter 1 - Development>EXERCISES>Q 12

For each of the items given in the Table below, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.

Country

Gross national income(GNI)

Per Capita

2011 PPP$

Life Expectancy

At birth

2017

Mean year of

Schooling of

People aged 25

And above 2017 

HDI Rank in the world

2018

Sri Lanka

India

Myanmar

Pakistan

Nepal

Bangladesh

11,326

6,353

5,567

5,331

2,471

3,677

75.5

68.8

66.7

66.6

70.6

72.8

10.9

6.4

4.9

5.2

4.9

5.8

  

 

76

130

148

150

149

136

 

 

Source: Human Development Report, 2018, United Nations Development Programme, New York

NOTES

1. HDI stands for Human Development Index. Ranks in the above table are out of 189 countries in all.

2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests, the average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.

3. Per Capita Income (PCI) is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.