Sustainable Development (T8) Round 1

True or False: In Development is essentially about how resources, wealth and quality of life are distributed between and within countries around the world.

• True

• False

The UN has a programme to support development and reduce poverty and inequality. This is called the ________

List two ways in which we can measure development.

Answer explanation

HDI

GDP

What is this line called?

True or False: Modernization theory suggests that traditional societies will develop as they adopt more modern economic practices. Proponents of modernization theory claim that modern states are wealthier and more powerful and that their citizens are freer to enjoy a higher standard of living. Capitalism is essential to this process.

• True

• False

What theory of development does this picture illustrate?

Which instrument measures income inequality?

• HDI

• CPI

• Gini coefficient

• Laffer coefficient

Dependency Theory states that

• resources flow from a "periphery" of poor and underdeveloped states to a "core" of wealthy states, enriching the latter at the expense of the former. It explains 'underdevelopment'

• there is the continuation or reimposition of imperialist rule by a state (usually, a former colonial power) over another nominally independent state (usually, a former colony).

What is the Paris Climate Agreement

• A legally binding international treaty. Adopted by 196 parties at COP 21. Its goal is to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius.

• A non-legally binding international treaty. Adopted by 196 parties at COP 21. Its goal is to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius.

• A convention agreed in 1992 to fight climate change, that is not legally binding but requires countries to be signatories.