front 1 Purchasing power parity | back 1 an exchange rate based on the ratio of the price of a basket of a products in different countries |
front 2 Human development index (HDI) | back 2 a measure of living standards which takes into account income, education and life expectancy |
front 3 Absolute poverty | back 3 a condition where people's income is too low to enable them to meet their basic needs |
front 4 Relative poverty | back 4 a condition where people are poor in comparison to others in the country. Their income is too low to enable them to enjoy the average standard of living in their country |
front 5 Vicious circle of poverty | back 5 a situation where people become trapped in poverty |
front 6 Emigration | back 6 the act of leaving the country to live in another country |
front 7 Birth rate | back 7 the number of births in a year per 1000 population in a year |
front 8 Death rate | back 8 the number of deaths in a year per 1000 population in a year |
front 9 Infant mortality rate | back 9 the number of deaths per 1000 live births in a year |
front 10 Population pyramid | back 10 a diagram showing the age and gender structure of a country's population |
front 11 Optimum population | back 11 the size of population which maximises the country’s output per head |
front 12 Economic development | back 12 an improvement in economic welfare |