IB Economics HL 4.8.3 Composite Development Indicators Questions

Practise 4.8.3 Composite development indicators in IB Economics HL by reviewing the concepts and applying them to marked questions.

Syllabus
First assessment 2022
Course
Economics HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Composite indicators include Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), Inequality adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), and Happy Planet Index
  • Composite measures combine multiple dimensions of development

IB Economics HL 4.8.3 Composite Development Indicators Questions question 1

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Figure 2 illustrates the daily world price of wheat in US dollars (US$) per kilogram from August 2020 to February 2021.

Figure 2

Figure 2

Figure 3 illustrates the Turkish wheat market. Before the 20 % tariff was eliminated, the price for wheat in Turkey was US $7.20\$ 7.20 per kilogram. S is domestic supply, D is domestic demand, S w is world supply and S t is world supply with the tariff.

Figure 3

Figure 3

Table 4 shows the income tax rates in Turkey for 2020.

Table 4

Table 4

Beycan resides in Turkey and earns TL955000 annually.

Table 5 shows the income earned by different quintiles of Turkey's population for 2017.

Table 5

Table 5

Table 6 shows selected tax revenue sources and the Gini coefficient for Turkey, Austria, Germany and the OECD average.

Table 6

Table 6

The following information was published in the United Nations Development Programme 2016 Regional Human Development Report: "Inequalities in Turkey: An Overview":
- The Human Development Report reported that Turkey's gross national income (GNI) per capita ranks at 50, while its standard Human Development Index (HDI) rank is lower at 62 .
- Turkey's Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) score is almost 16 % lower than its standard HDI score.
- The share of public expenditure on education is 2.9 % of gross domestic product (GDP) in Turkey, while the average share of public expenditure on education is 4.9 % of GDP among other high human development countries. Even among low human development countries, the average share is 3.6 %.

Identify one reason for the difference between Turkey's GNI per capita ranking and its HDI ranking.

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