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    Chapter I Introduction One of the development goals of the Republic of Indonesia is improving the quality of human. Theoretically, the example human quality are intelligent, educated and healthy, will always improve quality and at the same time as members of the community will help to improve the quality of community life. The role of life quality can be seen from the increase in income, housing quality, good health and others. But in reality the relationship is not only the unidirectional, but

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    Globalisation - Economic Growth and Development and development indicators. “Outline the differences between economic growth and economic development. Discuss how economic development may be measured. Outline how globalisation may impact upon a nation’s development. Where appropriate make reference to a relevant case study.” Although economic growth and development are similar in meaning, they have some essential differences. Economic growth refers to the increasing ability of a nation to produce

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    Since the beginning of time gender inequality has been an obstacle towards the human development of countries around the world. The Human Development Index was created to showcase the average achievement of males and females. However, females have been oppressed of their opportunities throughout time, which contradicts the main idea of the Human Development Index. To understand the difference between developed and developing countries and the reason for the gender gap between males and females there

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    Measuring World Development Development is a complex economic, social and political phenomenon. There are a range of simple and composite indicators used to measure development. There are many definitions of development, perhaps the most used is; “Development refers to a number of characteristics such as demographic change, economic growth, an increase in the case of resources, modernisation, higher levels of technology and political freedom.” Indicators of

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    Peru Human Development

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    Analyzing data Peru's Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme, one can learn a lot about a country. Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary used to assess progress in three basic dimensions of human development; which consists of a long and healthy life, knowledge and average standards of living. A long and healthy life is measured by life expectancy at birth, knowledge level is measured by the years of education among the adult population. Overall Peru's HDI value

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    Studying development is essentially about measuring how developed one country is compared to other countries or to the same country in the past. It is common knowledge that each country is aiming to be defined as developed. For us is to determine which measure is a better representative of how country is developed HDI or GNP per capita. Firstly, we will define what economic development is. Secondly we will compare Gross National Product and Gross Domestic Product. Thirdly, we will outline the

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    Even still, we see that Cambodia is ranked 143/188 for human development, which shows that there is still work to be done when it comes to their overall human development. Cambodia has a significant amount of land (176,515 sq km) but also maintains a large population so development when it comes to land is unlikely, unless the government was able to acquire land from nearby territories. With Prime Minister Hun Sen having

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    more popular. Peru is now on the rise is because globalization raised the human development index, authorized women, and shaped a stronger country and government. Today, we consider The Human Development Index to be a dimension of a country’s social, political, and economical growth in contrast to other countries around the world. In 1975, Peru’s Human Development Index was a 0.643, but by 2003 the Human Development Index had increased to 0.762. By seeing the HDI increase by more than one tenth

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    Table of Contents Hypothesis /Introduction 3 Background 4-5 Analysis Argument 1: Social Conditions affecting Living Standards 5-9 Argument 2: Economic Conditions affecting Living Standards 10-14 Argument 3: Political Conditions affecting Living Standards 14-17 Conclusion 17-18 Appendix Appendix 1 19-25 Appendix 2 25-29 Appendix 3 29-30 Reference List 30-33 Hypothesis: The overall living standard of

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    The United Nations Development Program is a global development network tasked with the responsibility of advocating for change in various countries. The body works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through sustainable development. Several dimensions including health, education and income measure human development. Each of the three dimensions has their specific indicators. This exposition will compare the data on two countries and explain why they rank in different categories. The two

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