The Islamic world - Rich and poor in the Islamic world

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How can you tell you whether people are rich or poor by look around you?

You can start by:
- looking at the clothes they wear.
- what do the houses look like?
- what do the shops look like?
- what do the streets look like?
- what do they use for transport?
- is there a lot of rubbish lying around?

What are the development indicators you can measure wealth and poverty with?

1. amount of money people earn = average income per person.
2. basic necessities

What tells us about the level of development in a region or coutry,?

1. the basic necessities
2. the average income per person
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When do we describe a region or country as well-developed?

1. when most of the people have a good income.
2. when most of the people have the four basic necessities.

The Islamic world has three faces, when you look at development. Which 'three faces'?

1. Rich with oil
2. Rich without oil
3. Poor (with or without oil)

What are the two indicators within the key developoment indicator 'income'?

1. Gross National Product (GNP)
2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The GNP a good indicator of the size of a country's economy. How do economists work out the GNP to compare economies?

Economists compare economies by working out the GNP per head of the population (GNP per person). They do this by dividing the total GNP by the nomber of people in the population.

Why is education a basic necessitie. How can you messure this?

Education is about what people have learned. Ditd they go to school and can they read and write?
You can messure this by the literacy rate.

What is the literacy rate?

Literacy rate: the percentage of people who are older than fifteen who can read and write. It is an indicator of education in a country.

Which states are rich with oil?

1. The Gulf states
             1. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
             2. Kuwait
2. Saudi Arabia

Which states are rich without oil?

Israel:
- has a higher score for Gross National Product (GNP
- literacy rate
- and other development indicators
than most of the countries around it.

Which states are poor (with or without oil)?

Most of the countries in the Islamic world do not score very high on the development indicators, even large oil-producing countries like Iran and Iraq

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