IB Syllabus Requirements
Measurement Indicators
Single indicators
• Distinguish between GDP per capita figures and GNI per capita figures.
• Compare and contrast the GDP per capita figures and the GNI per capita figures for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Distinguish between GDP per capita figures and GDP per capita figures at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.
• Compare and contrast GDP per capita figures and GDP per capita figures at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates for economically more developed countries and
economically less developed countries.
• Compare and contrast two health indicators for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Compare and contrast two education indicators for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
Composite indicators
• Explain that composite indicators include more than one measure and so are considered to be better indicators of economic development.
• Explain the measures that make up the Human Development Index (HDI).
• Compare and contrast the HDI figures for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Explain why a country’s GDP/GNI per capita global ranking may be lower, or higher, than its HDI global ranking.
- Explain Measurements of Income Inequality: Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient
Theory of knowledge: potential connections
What criteria could we use to determine whether a particular method for measuring development is effective?
What knowledge issues might be encountered in constructing a composite indicator to measure development?
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
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Financial Indicators
Go to www.worldbank.org and HDI Index and show students how to find data (data, by country, select country, databank, series, select data – note that you can click on a data title to get more info about it).
Students to find the GDP per capita, GNI per capita, and GDP at PPP figures for their LDC PLUS any one MDC – to write down those numbers then answer:
Health Indicators
Students to go to www.worldbank.org, and find 2 health indicators about their LDC PLUS any one MDC – to write down those numbers then answer:
Education Indicators
Students to go to www.worldbank.org, and find 2 education indicators about their LDC PLUS any one MDC – to write down those numbers then answer:
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HDI (Human Development Indicators
HDI Data
Students to go to www.worldbank.org, and find their HDI numbers for their LDC PLUS any one MDC – to write down those numbers then answer:
Measurements of Income Inequality: Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient (Not taken into account in HDI)
HW: read pp551-564 and answer the practice questions
TOK Connection:
Visit http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii to learn more about the GII
Questions for discussion:
Section B:
Read this interesting article about China's population:
The most surprising demographic crisis
Questions for discussion:
How are population growth and economic development linked? To what extent is the answer clear?
(TOK connection: To what extent is it possible to predict aspects of human demographics using statistics? Is it a useful exercise?)
Can we learn anything from these success stories that can be applied to helping LDC's?
Review syllabus requirements: Make sure you can do all of the tasks below
Single indicators
• Distinguish between GDP per capita figures and GNI per capita figures.
• Compare and contrast the GDP per capita figures and the GNI per capita figures for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Distinguish between GDP per capita figures and GDP per capita figures at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.
• Compare and contrast GDP per capita figures and GDP per capita figures at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates for economically more developed countries and
economically less developed countries.
• Compare and contrast two health indicators for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Compare and contrast two education indicators for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
Composite indicators
• Explain that composite indicators include more than one measure and so are considered to be better indicators of economic development.
• Explain the measures that make up the Human Development Index (HDI).
• Compare and contrast the HDI figures for economically more developed countries and economically less developed countries.
• Explain why a country’s GDP/GNI per capita global ranking may be lower, or higher, than its HDI global ranking.