Assignment Details You can compare a developed country with one still developing by asking, “What is it like to live there as compared to here?” This can be based on actual experience if you lived in or visited both kinds of countries, or you might form your opinion by reading about conditions in different types of countries or watching a video, such as the following: Eradicating Diseases in Africa, One Toilet at a Time (Malawi) Organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund measure these differences among countries. They compare such parameters as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), education, literacy rate, health care, and life expectancy to distinguish between developed and developing countries. Standards of living, level of industrialization, and quality and range of infrastructure are also taken into consideration. Even male/female gender inequality is measured by the UN in its Human Development Index. Using these parameters and the Demographic Transition Model, developed countries are classified as being in Phase 4, and developing countries are in Phases 2 and 3. Using what you have learned about living conditions and the demographic transition model, respond to both of the following questions: From the list below, pick 1 living condition:  Access to clean water  Education  Adequate housing  Health care Sanitation  Life expectancy  Levels of industrialization For the living condition you selected, compare a developed country, such as the United States, to a developing country of your choice.  Provide 1 example of how developed and developing countries use natural resources and the subsequent impacts on environmental quality. ...

1. Assignment Details
You can compare a developed country with one still developing
by asking, “What is it like to live there as compared to here?”
This can be based on actual experience if you lived in or visited
both kinds of countries, or you might form your opinion by
reading about conditions in different types of countries or
watching a video, such as the following:
Eradicating Diseases in Africa, One Toilet at a Time (Malawi)
Organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the World
Bank, and the International Monetary Fund measure these
differences among countries. They compare such parameters as
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), education, literacy rate, health
care, and life expectancy to distinguish between developed and
developing countries. Standards of living, level of
industrialization, and quality and range of infrastructure are
also taken into consideration. Even male/female gender
inequality is measured by the UN in its Human Development
Index. Using these parameters and the Demographic Transition
Model, developed countries are classified as being in Phase 4,
and developing countries are in Phases 2 and 3.
Using what you have learned about living conditions and the
demographic transition model, respond to both of the following
questions:
From the list below, pick 1 living condition:
Access to clean water

2. Education
Adequate housing
Health care
Sanitation
Life expectancy
Levels of industrialization
For the living condition you selected, compare a developed
country, such as the United States, to a developing country of
your choice.
Provide 1 example of how developed and developing countries
use natural resources and the subsequent impacts on
environmental quality.