Cambridge AS & A Level Economics
11.4Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
Characteristics of countries at different levels of development in Cambridge AS & A Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 11.4.1Explain population growth and structure: birth rate, death rate, infant mortality, net migration, optimum population and urbanisation.
- 11.4.2Calculate the Gini coefficient and use Lorenz curve analysis of income distribution.
- 11.4.3Explain economic structure: employment composition by sector and the pattern of trade at different levels of development.
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Economic structure and characteristics of developing and developed countries
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Income distribution: the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient
50 min
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Population: birth, death, migration and structure
55 min
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