
For each of the items given in the Table below, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.
Country
Gross national income(GNI)
Per Capita
PPP$
Life Expectancy
At birth
Mean year of
Schooling of
People aged
And above
HDI Rank in the world
Sri Lanka
India
Myanmar
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
Source: Human Development Report, , United Nations Development Programme, New York
NOTES
1. HDI stands for Human Development Index. Ranks in the above table are out of countries in all.
2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests, the average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.
3. Per Capita Income (PCI) is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.
Gross national income(GNI)
Per Capita
PPP$
Life Expectancy
At birth
Mean year of
Schooling of
People aged
And above
HDI Rank in the world
Sri Lanka
India
Myanmar
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh

Important Questions on Development
Imagine the different development goals of different people and complete the table given below:
Category of person | Development goals |
Landless rural labourers | More days of work and better wages; local school can provide quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination, and they too can become leaders in the village. |
Prosperous farmers from Punjab | |
Farmers who depend only on rain for growing crops | |
A rural woman from a land-owning family | |
Urban unemployed youth | |
A boy from a rich urban family | |
A girl from a rich urban family | She gets as much freedom as her brother and can decide what she wants to do in life. She can pursue her studies abroad. |
An adivasi from Narmada valley |

Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?
(a) Because people are different.
(b) Because life situations of persons are different.

Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer.
(a) People have different developmental goals.
(b) People have conflicting developmental goals



Look at the picture and discuss what should be the developmental goals for such an area.

Let us consider two countries, A and B. For the sake of simplicity, we have assumed that they have only five citizens each. Based on data given in Table , calculate the average income for both the countries:
Country | I | II | III | IV | V |
COUNTRY A | |||||
COUNTRY B |

