what are the indicators of development?
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Explanation:
Indicators Used to Measure Education and Development
The World Bank uses the following eight core indicators to measure how developed a country is in terms of education:
The net enrolment rate for pre-primary
The net enrolment rate for primary*
The net enrolment rate for secondary education
The gross enrolment ratio for tertiary (further) education.
Gender parity for primary education (using the gross enrolment ratio)**
primary completion rate for both sexes
The total number of primary aged children who are out of school.
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP.
*The net enrolment rate for primary is ‘the number of pupils of official primary school age (according to ISCED97) who are enrolled in primary education as a percentage of the total children of the official school age population’.
**The gross enrolment rate for primary school The number of children enrolled in primary school (of any age) as a percentage of the total children of the official school age population
The difference between Net Enrolment Rate and Gross Enrolment Rate is explained succinctly in this blog post on NER, GER and Universal Primary Education.
Other social indicators to be covered in a future post…..
The Birth Rate and Fertility Rate
Suicide rates
Peacefulness
(Subjective Indicators)
Life satisfaction (‘happiness’ indicators)
Trust
confidence
well-being
perceived security
Education
Health
Work
Gender equality
Peacefulness
Democracy
Corruption
Consumption
Pollution
Leisure/ Media
Civil Rights
Crime/ social unrest
Composite indicators of all of the above!!!
Answer:
- ➫ The main social indicators of development include education, health, employment and unemployment rates and gender equality, and this post introduces students to the specific indicators which institutions such as the World Bank and United Nations use to measure how 'developed' a country is, and the main indices which ...