Economic Development and Globalization · Global Systems
Measuring Development
Critiquing different metrics used to define 'success' in a nation, from GDP to the Human Development Index.
Key Questions
- 1Why is economic growth alone an insufficient measure of development?
- 2How does gender equality correlate with a country's economic health?
- 3What role does literacy play in breaking the cycle of poverty?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Global Connections - Grade 11ON: Economic Disparities - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Geography
Unit: Economic Development and Globalization
Period: Global Systems
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