2. Source: UNDP HDR 2004, p. 128

3. Source: UNDP HDR 2004, p. 134

4. High human development group LE at birthGDPLifeEdGDP HD US$IndexIndexIndexIndex 1 Norway 78.9 36,600 0.90 0.99 0.99 0.956 2 Sweden 80.0 26,050 0.92 0.99 0.93 0.946 3 Australia 79.1 28,260 0.90 0.99 0.94 0.946 4 Canada 79.3 29,480 0.90 0.98 0.95 0.943 5 Netherlands 78.3 29,100 0.89 0.99 0.95 0.942 6 Belgium 78.7 27,570 0.90 0.99 0.94 0.942 7 Iceland 79.7 29,750 0.91 0.96 0.95 0.941 8 U.S. 77.0 35,750 0.87 0.97 0.98 0.939 9 Japan 81.5 26,940 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.938 10 Ireland 76.9 36,360 0.86 0.96 0.98 0.936

5. Agenda ► Questions?  Assignment 1? ► Review

6. How do we measure Human Development? ► A composite measure…  Life expectancy at birth  Adult literacy rate  Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools  GDP per capita converted to US$ PPP ► Convert to indices and combine to HDI

7. GNP vs. GDP ► GNP is total value of good and services produced by Canadians at home or abroad, excludes returns of non-residents on capital invested in Canada ► GDP is total value of good and services produced by Canadians or non-Canadians in Canada, excludes returns from Canadian investment abroad

8. Today  Test 1, October 6  Interdependence in a Global Economy ► From the Atlantic to the Pacific ► Trade ► Core and Periphery in a World System

9. Test 1, October 6 ► 50 minutes, a progress report ► Three sections: ► Multiple Choice 20@2=40 ► Fill in blank 10@2=20 ► One paragraph answer 2/4 @ 20=40 Foreign language dictionary OK Calculator OK Calculator OK Pencil for MC, pen for FiB, OPA Pencil for MC, pen for FiB, OPA

10. Global Orientation ► Historic Atlantic Alliance  Colonial ties  European emigration  Trade ties  Points of attachment ► US-Canadian contrast  NATO, Treaty of Washington, 1949

13. Global Orientation ► Pacific Rim  Recent shift  Little consensus on definition  An alliance?

15. Trade as a Measure of Global Interdependence ► One measure ► Goods and services

16. 70% of world trade

17. Canada’s International Trade Balance, 2001 ($ 000,000) Source: Statistics Canada 2003, Cansim II Table 228

18. Pacific Rim US “is functioning in the traditional role of a Third World country” with Pacific rim (p. 61) US “is functioning in the traditional role of a Third World country” with Pacific rim (p. 61) ► Large US deficit with Japan ► NICs, 4 little tigers, and ► One big lion…