2. Global Groupings Lesson Aims: To know the various ways geographers classify and categorise nations according to their wealth and power.

3. Global disparities There are great differences in wealth in the world both between countries and within them. In recent years these differences have increased. This ‘development gap’ can be attributed to globalisation, with the rich getting richer, whilst the poor get poorer.

4. Measuring development There are different ways of measuring development. Traditionally this was done by looking at a countries GDP. However looking at a wider range of indicators can give a more reliable overview of a countries level of development.

5. Economic Indicators Economic indicators focus on the wealth of a country. To standardise them they are measured in US dollars

6. Human Indicators Human development indicators are used to assess the well being of a countries inhabitants.

7. Your Task 1.Match the development indicators with their definitions. 2.In a table, sort these development indicators into either Economic Indicators or Human development indicators.

8. Gross National Product – the value of all the goods and services earned by a country including companies working abroad. Gross Domestic Product – the value of all the goods and services earned by a country excluding foreign earnings. Per capita – statistics providing an average per person Purchasing Power Parity – relates average earnings to prices and what they will actually buy you. Physical quality of life index – made up of life expectancy, literacy rates and infant mortality. Human development Index – made up of life expectancy, literacy rates, infant mortality and also school enrolment. Human suffering index – made up of daily calorie intake, access to clean water, inflation rate, access to communications, political freedom and civil rights. Economic IndicatorsHuman development Indicators

9. Global Groupings Geographers use to types of grouping to study nations in a global context. These are Economic Groupings and Political Groupings.

10. Economic groupings What are LDCs? What are NICs? What are Ex-Soviet States? What are OPECs? What are OECDs? Page 81 Globe book

12. Political groupings (Trade Blocs) Trade blocs differ from economic groupings in two important ways: 1.To trade freely, agreements have to be drawn up which allow national boundaries to be crossed by flows of goods, money and sometimes workers – this requires an amendment of national laws (hence it can be described as being political) 2.Trade blocs can contain countries at different levels of development – this allows for a ‘Spatial division of labour.’

13. Selected regional trade bloc groupings

14. Task In twos or threes research ONE of the trade blocs. Produce an overview for that trade bloc including who the member countries are and what their general purpose is. Present your findings as a short powerpoint presentation for next lesson

15. Human development Index Look at page 75 of the ‘Fish Book’ showing the Human Development data for 2006. Produce an annotated World map of the information shown and the trends since the 1990’s linking the bullet points to the map.

16. Human development Index Complete some research on how the Human Development Index varies globally using the most recent data. Find the latest data to help produce a league table of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. Which countries are at the top? Which are at the bottom? Do you notice anything about the spatial distribution of these countries? How has the situation changed from 2006?