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How can we measure living standards? By Rania Fern and Aditi
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GDP Gross Domestic Product: Total values of goods and services produced by an economy in one year The countries with the top 5 GDP are: 1. Qatar $145,300 2. Liechtenstein $122,100 3. Luxembourg $81,800 4. Bermuda $69, 900 5. Singapore $ 62, 200
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Advantages of GDP It can be used to measure economic growth. It tells you on average how much output each person provides to the economy and therefore is a measure of economic health. You can compare countries productivity and economic health more easily.
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Disadvantages of GDP It doesn’t include extremes and work done my NGO’s. A countries economic health may not be too good by GDP would be high. The GDP isn’t measured against the productive capacity of the economy The real GDP is a better measure rather than GDP per capita.
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Household income Household income: The average income of a household. 1. Switzerland 2. USA 3. Canada 4. Australia 5. New Zealand
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Educational Attainment Educational attainment is referred to as the highest level and degree of education an individual has completed A country uses this statics to work out the % population who has, for e.g., completed primary education From the last e.g. The Government can use this data to set up government schools which provide primary education free of cost A better measure may be the Country’s literacy rate
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Empowerment Empowerment is the religious, political or economic strength of the people Gender Empowerment is when men (usually) empower the women. They are considered more powerful and important than the women Political empowerment may mean when different parties empower each other OR when politicians control the country in a dictatorship Economic empowerment is when the rich empower the poor
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