Measuring social welfare: GDP or HDI? FULL NAME: Bui Lan Phuong- 1111150187 Nguyen Thi Hoa- 1111150099 CLASS: A30 FACULTY: Economics and International Business For the past few years‚ interest in aggregate or composite indicators of economic and social well-being at the community‚ national and international levels has grown greatly. For example‚ the annual release of the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI) generates considerable media interest‚ particularly in Canada. It
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According to the World Bank‚ South Africa GDP was of about one hundred and thirty two billion in 2000 while Brazil’s was at six hundred and forty four billion Dollars. Over the following decade 2000 – 2010‚ the two economies registered a considerable and equal improvement of their total production with a respective increase of 41 % for South Africa and 42% in the case of Brazil. The GDP per capita on the other hand increased at a
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GDP Growth Rate Let us start by defining Gross Domestic Product “GDP” this is an economic indicator of how the health of U.S. economy rate of growth whether it slowly down or increasing in a positive manner. If the GPD is growing in a positive direction that means businesses will grow and unemployment will decrease. GPD is measured by comparing current and previous quarter U.S. economic output. Now if the GPD slows down this would cause businesses to decrease spending and in future investments.
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As a guy who lived in Beijing‚ China for over 10 year‚ I recognized the photo was taken in Beijing immediately. It represent the terrible air pollution Beijing is having. Fig.1 China GDP Annual Growth Rate over 10 years The average GDP growth rate over that past 10 years is maintain 10%. Fast growing periods have historically coincided with periods of strong economic reform. But in other end‚ the environment of main city in China is keeping disappointing people. According to the World Bank
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Why is GDP per capita useful as a measure of living standards? What are the limitations of GDP per capita as a comparable measure of living standards? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the monetary value of final goods and services produced in a given year by factors of production within a country. GDP reports are released on the last day of each quarter‚ reflecting the previous quarter. Therefore‚ it is measured on a quarterly basis and measures the level of economic growth in different countries
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Is GDP a good measure of economic progress?* Olivier Vaury (École Normale Supérieure‚ Paris) Every year‚ or even every quarter‚ economic growth figures are anticipated and scrutinised to assess the economic health of a country. In spite of abundant commentary in the media by politicians and economists‚ the very notion of economic growth remains elusive: who really knows what it really measures ? Yet the level of GDP (or GDP growth) is probably the most widely used indicator for piloting economic
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Product (GDP) is defined as the total value of all final goods and services produced in an economy within a given period (Economics Course Notes‚ 2006). As is common in most economies worldwide‚ it is used to gauge the performance of the economy. GDP is calculated with an assumption that all goods and services produced in the period specified have been sold‚ and all the income derived from the sale is spent within the same period. The expenditure method calculates GDP as follows: GDP = consumption
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a year or a given time period within a country’s borders (domestic output). This includes all production‚ both material and intellectual‚ everything produced by government and private business as well as consumer goods and capital construction. Gross national product (GNP) is the total income earned by a country’s factors of production in a year or a given time period‚ regardless of where
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of living and explain what they can infer from these sources. List three indicators of economic development other than National Income measures (NI‚ GDP‚ or GNP‚ level‚ growth rate‚ or per capita) that are of interest to economists and explain what can be inferred from each of these indicators. Explain in detail 3 weaknesses of per capita GNP (or GDP) as a measure of economic well-being. Although this measure has the flaws you just listed (and others) it is the most oft-referenced statistic when
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The effect of Exports on GDP Growth in Pakistan Abstract: This paper is examines the causal relationships between gross domestic product (GDP) and exports in Pakistan by using time series data for the period between 1980 and 2000. Time series evidence shows that increase in exports has a significant effect on the economic growth of Pakistan in the previous two decades. This paper uses cointegration to check the causal relationship between export growth and economic growth in Pakistan. Granger
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