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Cambridge AS & A Level Economics

11.3Economic development

Economic 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.

  1. 11.3.1Classify economies by level of development.
  2. 11.3.2Classify economies by level of national income.
  3. 11.3.3Evaluate indicators of living standards and development: real per capita national income, purchasing power parity, issues of comparison, non-monetary indicators, composite indicators (HDI, MEW, MPI) and the Kuznets curve.
  4. 11.3.4Compare economic growth rates and living standards over time and between countries.

Lessons

  • Measuring living standards and economic development

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Economic development: sample question

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Economic development differs from economic growth because development

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