Name: Crystel Joy B.

Rola Date:03/23/23
Course: BSCE-2B Score:

Activity 1.
Instruction: Make an essay

1. Why are countries in the North considered More Economically

Developed Countries (MEDC)
 We could find in the North the More Economically Developed Countries
(MEDCs) in the world. Some countries which lay in the North part of the
divide are Canada, United States, Greenland, and Russia. They are
considered the “richer” and more stable countries. The countries are
considered MEDC because of:
o Economic Stability
o Better standard of living and quality of life
o High life expectancy
o Free quality education
o Free universal healthcare

2. Why are countries in the South considered Less Economically

Developed Countries (LEDC)?
 Countries in the South considered Less Economically
Developed Countries (LEDC). It includes most nations located in
Africa, Latin America, and the developing parts of Asia with the
exception of Japan. The countries in the south may be considered
LEDCs because of:
o Unstable government
o Poor economy
o Contain citizen who have a poor standard of living and quality of life
o Low Government Domestic Product (GDP)
o Low Human Development Index (HDI)

3. What is the main purpose/function of the Human Development Index

(HDI)?
 The HDI is a summary composite measure of a country's average achievements
in three basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge and standard
of living.

 The HDI is used to capture the attention of policy-makers, the media and
nongovernmental organizations, and to change the focus from the usual
economic statistics to human outcomes. It was created to re-emphasize that
people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the
development of a country, not economic growth.
 The HDI is also used to question national policy choices and to determine how
two countries with the same level of income per person can have widely
different human development outcomes. For example, two countries may have
similar incomes per person, but have drastically differing life expectancy and
literacy levels, such that one of the countries has a much higher HDI than the
other. These contrasts stimulate debate on government policies concerning
health and education to determine why what can be achieved in one country is
beyond the reach of the other.
 The HDI is also used to highlight differences within countries, between
provinces or states, and across genders, ethnicities and other socioeconomic
groupings. Highlighting internal disparities along these lines has raised the
national debate in many countries.