Measuring Development

Power point presentation

By : Rana taimoor
 What means by measuring Development

• Definition. A method used

to measure how developed
a country or region is
compared with others.
 Types of Measuring development
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
the total value of goods produced and services provided in a
country during one year.

• Gross National Product (GNP) ...

the total value of goods produced and services provided by a
country during one year, equal to the gross domestic product plus
the net income from foreign investments.
• GNP per capita. ...
Comprises the gross domestic product (GDP), plus net
factor income from abroad, which is the income
residents receive from abroad for factor services
(labor and capital) less similar payments made to non-
residents who contributed to the domestic economy.
Method of estimation

• Birth and death rates. ...

• The annual number of births per 1,000 total
population. Death Rate (or crude death rate) The
annual number of deaths per 1,000 total population.
• The Human Development Index (HDI) ...
is a summary measure of average achievement in
key dimensions of human development: a long and
healthy life, being knowledgeable and having a
decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric
mean of normalized indices for each of the three
dimensions.

• Infant mortality rate. ...

the probability of a child born in a specific year or
period dying before reaching the age of one, if
subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period.
• Literacy rate. ...
the percentage of the population of a given age
group that can read and write. The adult literacy
rate corresponds to ages 15 and above, the
youth literacy rate to ages 15 to 24, and the
elderly to ages 65 and above.

• Life expectancy.
based on an estimate of the average age that
members of a particular population group will be
when they die.