Classification of countries Characteristics of developing countries
High income, middle income and low income Lower per capita incomes Developed, developing and less developed. Physical capital First, second and third world countries Human capital BRICS nations, tiger countries and NEEs. Health and mortality Pop growth Unemployment and undermployment Structure of economy Institutional structures Environment
Growth vs development Economic growth refers to the increase in a
country's output of goods and services, while development encompasses broader improvements in living standards, human well-being, and societal progress.
Measures of economic development
The Human The Inequality- The The Genuine Other measures Development adjusted Human Multidimensional Progress Index Development Poverty Index Indicator Index The Human The Inequality- The The Genuine Development adjusted Human Multidimensional Progress Indicator Index (HDI) is a Development Poverty Index (GPI) is a metric composite Index (IHDI) is a (MPI) is a designed to statistic that modified version comprehensive measure the measures a of the Human measure that economic well- country's average Development assesses poverty being of a country achievements in Index (HDI) that by considering by adjusting the health, education, considers the multiple GDP to account and standard of distribution of dimensions such for factors such as living. each dimension as health, income within a education, and distribution, population, living standards, environmental providing a more sustainability, and detailed the value of understanding of unpaid work deprivation and poverty beyond income-based metrics.