Development - measures

Which of the following is not included in HDI

• Income

• Welfare

• Education

• Health

Which is not a characteristic of LDCs?

• Low levels of GDP

• Primary product dependency

• Small informal economy

• Poor infrastructure

Which measure of income is included in HDI?

• GDP

• GNI per capita

• Real GNI

• GNI per capita at PPP

Why does Japan have a higher GNI per capita PPP than the US when GDP per capita is lower

• Cost of living in Japan is higher than the US

• Inflation in Japan is higher than the US

• Cost of living is lower in Japan than the US

• Inflation in Japan is lower than the US

Which country has the highest level of development

• Country A with HDI of 0.5

• Country B with HDI of 0.9

Which is not an advantage of HDI?

• It takes into account population size

• It takes into account population

• It takes into account inequality

• It can be used to compare countries

Which is not a problem of HDI?

• It is limited in what is included

• It takes into account the size of the hidden economy

• Many years of school does not mean high quality education

• It does not take into account inequality

Which of the following would not be a useful additional measure of development?

• Mobile phones per thousand of the population

• Inequality

• Proportion of population with internet

• Proportion of population with bicycle