MDC v.s LDC

Step 1: Choose a More Developed Country from the list (not the USA) & a Less Developed Country from the list

https://docs.google.com/document/d/138h1uEgobrJH0aNmU41aaRRFDG7NILvVdbUFd_2iyio/edit?usp=sharing

Step 2: Use the CIA World Factbook to research economic and social data about each country

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/

• Enter your data in the charts on Page 2 & 3

Step 3: Writing Prompt - Use the data you researched to answer the following questions in 2 paragraphs.

Paragraph 1: What makes a country more developed or less developed?

• What economic data from your research supports the classification of the countries you picked as an MDC/LDC? (use at least 3 pieces of economic data)
• What social data from your research supports the classification of the countries you picked as an MDC/LDC? (use at least 3 pieces of social data)
• Is there any data that seems to not support the classification of the countries you picked as an MDC/LDC?

What type of Economic System (i.e. command, market, mixed) does each country have? Does this contribute to them being an MDC or LDC?

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Paragraph 2: What are alternative ways to measure economic development?

• What does the Human Development Index use to measure countries?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQFvaoLC0pVJY8QEs_DCX3kZdhlyhtSS/view?usp=sharing

• Where do selected countries fall on the HDI Index?
• What does the Global Happiness Index use to measure countries?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0vwnMv2quD6rGBV-cbKLja7VpFc_I9Z/view?usp=sharing

• Where do selected countries fall on the Happiness Index? (pg 24)
• What does the Good Country Index use to measure countries?

https://index.goodcountry.org/

• Where do selected countries fall on the Good Country Index?
• Compare all 3 rankings
• Are they similarly ranked on all listings? Dramatically different?
• What data might account for any difference in rankings?
• (hint: consider what that index grades each country on)
• Based on your research, do you agree with their rankings
• Is there any data that seems to contradict their rankings?

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Social MDC LDC Total Population Age Structure (total, not sex) 0-14 yrs 0-14 yrs 15-24 yrs 15-24 yrs 25-54 yrs 25-54 yrs 55-64 yrs 55-64 yrs 65+YTS 65+yrs Pop. Growth Rate Net Migration Rate (it could be negative!) Urbanization (urban pop.) Birth Rate Death Rate Life Expectancy Infant Mortality Health Expenditures Physician OR Hospital density Children underweight (age 5) Might not have data Education expenditures Literacy Rate Might not have data School Life ExpectancyEconomy MDC LDC Economic System (read the Economy intro) GDP (purchasing power parity) GDP per capita GDP growth rate GDP composition by sector Agriculture: Agriculture: Industry: Industry: Services: Services: Gini Index (inequality) Unemployment Rate Pop. Below poverty line Budget Revenues Budget Expenditures Inflation Rate Public Debt Exports ($ amount) Export Commodities (3) Export Partners (top 3) Imports ($ amount) Import Commodities (3) Import Partners (top 3)