Economic Patterns and Development · Global Economy
Measuring Development Beyond GDP
Critiquing different methods of measuring human progress and quality of life across regions.
Key Questions
- 1Why is GDP an insufficient measure of a country's actual development?
- 2How do literacy rates and life expectancy correlate with geographic location?
- 3What role does infrastructure play in trapping regions in cycles of poverty?
Common Core State Standards
C3: D2.Eco.13.9-12C3: D2.Geo.11.9-12
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Geography
Unit: Economic Patterns and Development
Period: Global Economy
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