What is development?

Objective: explore the concept of development

Outcomes:

Starter: What is development?

1. Define development.

2. What does this show? Evaluate it.

3. Now draw your own line on this map:

4. How did we get here? Make notes on the pattern you see while watching this:

5. What has happened to global disparities? Why do they exist?

6. Do some research to find out different indicators of development.

7. You are going to look into two specific indicators. They are represented below - can you work out what they are and the dimensions?

http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi

http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii

8. Evaluate each indicator. What are the pros and cons? Make sure you consider what a development indicator should do.