Development 
          Chapter 10 
             Key Question: 
       How do you Define and 
       Measure Development? 
                  
                  
   What does Development Mean? 
  •Development implies “progress” 
   
    –Progress in what? 
    –Do all cultures view development the same 
     way? 
    –Do all cultures “value” the same kinds of 
     development? 
     
      
                  Measuring Development 
  Gross National 
  Product (GNP)                   Gross Domestic 
  Measure of the total            Product (GDP)                   Gross National 
  value of the officially         Measure of the total            Income (GNI) 
  recorded goods and              value of the officially 
  services produced by the        recorded goods and              Measure of the 
  citizens and                    services produced by the        monetary worth of what 
  corporations of a               citizens and                    is produced within a 
  country in a given year.        corporations of a               country plus income 
  Includes things                 country in a given year.        received from 
  produced inside and                                             investments outside the 
  outside a country’s                                             country.  
  territory.                                                      ** Most common 
                                                                  measurement used 
                                                                  today.