Geography Assessment The area of development I want to research is- Education and Economy The type of country I want to compare is-NIC’s My research question-How does the education effect the economy of the country? Countries India China The development indicators I will use are: Literacy Rate for Education and GDP for economy. My first step is to find out about- The literacy rate and GDP for India. Then I will need to: Analyze what the graph demonstrates. My second step is to find
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worst female literacy rates were recorded in the same countries with around 20%‚ which is only the half of the male literacy rates. These data clearly support the statement that gender gap exists. Gapminder 2007 Statistics: Literacy rate adult female % of females aged 15 and above Gapminder 2007 Statistics: Literacy rate adult male % of females aged 15 and above 2. Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24) The following graph shows the ratio of young literate females
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Don’t Panic is a documentary by a Swedish medical doctor‚ academic‚ statistician‚ and professor‚ who explains that the world is much better than we believe. The graphs and visuals are based on his data collection on Gapminder‚ and the underlying data sources. In this documentary Mr. Rosling presents some of his data results from the UK‚ Bangladesh‚ and Mozambique. This documentary talks about the population growth‚ and how our countries are becoming more sustainable. In addition‚ he also talks about
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Evolving Unification Policy.”Ch.1 in The End of North Korea. New York: American Enterprise Institute Press. Jelavich‚ Barbara. 1991. Russia’s Balkan Entanglements: 1806-1914. New York: Cambridge University Press. Rosling‚ Hans. 2008. “Explore Gapminder World Yourself.” Stockholm‚ Sweden: Division of Global Health Wakamatsu-cho‚ Shinjuku-ku. 2008. “Chapter 2 population.” Tokyo‚ Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved March 12‚ 2012 (http://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/286922/www
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- Groundwater drawdown^ WaterPartners International: Learn about the Water Crisis^ All About: Water and Health‚ CNN‚ December 18‚ 2007^ Water‚ a shared responsibility. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2‚ 2006^ "Public Services"‚ Gapminder video^ Fredrik Segerfeldt (2005)‚ "Private Water Saves Lives"‚ Financial Times 25 August^ David Zetland‚ "Running Out of Water"^ David Zetland‚ "Water Crisis"^ WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (2008)‚ Progress
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could ask‚ why literacy is important for the development of a country – particularly for India with a continuously increasing GDP per capita (PPP$ inflation adjusted) from $877 in 1981 to $2478 in 2007 based on the following data: www.bit.ly/w3vtri (Gapminder World‚ 2008). But literacy is at least as important as GDP growth for a sustainable‚ equitable‚ and democratic development that focuses on increasing living standards in India (Stiglitz‚ 2006). It is a human right‚ a tool of personal empowerment
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org). Climate change has been a natural phenomenon happening for centuries‚ for example‚ the different seasons during times of the year. However‚ ever since the industrialization and urbanization of the world‚ CO2 levels recorded by NASA‚ Gapminder‚ and EPA has evidently shown the drastic increase. So much so that Al Gore‚ a famous politician and activist in America‚ made a film called The Inconvenient Truth‚ showcasing the direct impact humans have on the earth. According to National Geographic
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amendments there to up to March 10‚ 2003 Bangladesh Bank Annual Report 2004-05. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank Cukierman A.‚ 1992. Central Bank Strategy‚ Credibility‚ and Independence: Theory and Evidence‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: MIT Press Data in Gapminder World. Gapminder. Date updated: November 2010. Date accessed: 23 rd November 2010. < http://www.gapminder.org/data/> Eijffinger‚ Sylvester C. W. and Jakob de Haan. 1996. The Political Economy of Central-Bank. Department of Economics‚ Princeton University
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Sustainability and Globalization Module Length: 6 hours Sustainability and Globalization ..................................................................................................... 1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 2 Glossary ..
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Bibliography: 1. Gapminder World. Web. 4 Jan. 2012. <http://www.gapminder.org>. 2. "GDP - per Capita (PPP) vs. Infant Mortality Rate." Index Mundi - Country Facts.Web.4Jan.2012. <http://www.indexmundi.com/g/correlation.aspx?v1=67>. 3. "Life Expectancy at Birth
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