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Devt. & Inequalities
Case study facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| No. of colonies that Britain had in 1815 | 43, spread across 5 continents |
| GNI per capita ($) PPP of UK | $35,860 |
| Years of Mao Tse-tung’s command economy in China | 1949 – 1976 |
| Years of Deng Xiaoping’s market economy in China | 1978 – 1992 |
| GNI per capita ($) PPP of China | $6,890 |
| In 2000, 10% of Britain’s GDP earned by top ? | 1% |
| HDI of Shanghai, China | 0.908 |
| HDI of Gansu province, China | 0.705 |
| Real economic growth rate of Zimbabwe in 2006 | minus 4.1% |
| Cost of loaf of bread in Zimbabwe in 1998 vs. 2008 | Z$5 (1998) vs. Z$1.6 trillion (2008) |
| Percentage of Zimbabweans living on less than US$2 a day in 1999 vs. 2009 | 30% (1999) vs. 83% (2009) |
| Environmental Performance Index of UK vs. that of China | 85/100 (UK) vs. 65/100 (China) |
| Percentage of Mali’s workforce employed in agriculture | 80% |
| Percentage of Mali’s public expenditure that comes from aid | 50% |
| Year minimum wage introduced in the UK and rate it was set at | 1999, £3.60 |
| Years Single Regeneration Budget ran in UK and amount received by Easington, County Durham | 1995 – 2006, £45 million received by Easington |
| Percentage of children living in low income families in Newham vs. London average (2008) | 70% in Newham, 40% across London |
| House price increase in Homerton district vs. Greater London average since London was granted Olympics in 2005 | 70% (Homerton) vs. 36% (Greater London) |
| Number of jobs in converted Olympics media centre in Hackney (iCITY) | 4,500 by 2018 |