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GEOGRAPHY GCSE - The Changing Economic World

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Low income country (LIC) and High income country (HIC)
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Low income country (LIC) and High income country (HIC)
This subdivision of countries is based on the World Bank income classifications (GNI per capita), which in 2013 were Low Income $1045 or below, and High Income $12746 or above
Newly emerging economies (NEEs)
Countries that have begun to experience high rates of economic development, usually with rapid industrialisation. They differ from LICs in that they no longer rely primarily on agriculture, have made gains in infrastructure and industrial growth, and are experiencing increasing incomes and high levels of investment eg Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa (the so-called BRICS countries).
Birth rate
The number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population.
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Commonwealth
A voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states, which were mostly territories of the former British Empire. It is home to 2.2 billion citizens. Member states have no legal obligation to one another. Instead, they are united by language, history, culture, and their shared values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
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Death rate
The number of deaths in a year per 1000 of the total population.

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