Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Geog 120: Invent your own Development Index

For this assignment, my students are using statistics from the World Bank to invent their own index of human and/or economic development for Africa. Here is an example, based on GNI per Capita (PPP), Life Expectancy, and the Percent of GDP in the Service Sector. Look at this awesomeness!

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Data Source:
World Bank, "2013 World Development Indicators," World DataBank, http://databank.worldbank.org/

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