2 Changing economic world (non CS's) Flashcards
what are three conisderations when measuring development
economic growth, technology and welfare
what does the demographic transition model show
It studies how birth rate and death rate affect the total population of a country. It shows contrasts between HIC’s and NEE’s/LIC’s
What is GNI
gross national income ( total value of all goods produced and coming into the country in a year
name two health indicators
Life expectency, people per doctor.
name two wealth indicators
GDP, GNI
name two education indicators
literacy rate, birth rate
how can GNI be misleading
variations across the country (eg. North-South divide)
name four NEE’s using BRICS
Brazil, russia, india, China, south Africa
what does HDI do?
It combines GNI per head, education standard, life expectency to give a country a score between
1 and 0
how many stages are in the DTM and how does it work?
5 stages, lower the stage lower the lower the development
what three physical factors effect how developed a country is
climate, raw material access and amount of farming land
what three economic factors affect how developed a country is
Trade links, economy based on primary products and Lots of debt.
Two historical causes of uneven development
colonisation, conflict
two consequences of uneven development in terms of wealth
inequality, decreased standard of living
two consequences of uneven development in terms of health
decreased life expectancy, high infant mortality
How can HIC’s be impacted by uneven development
Increased influx of immigrants from lower income countries
Three tools to help reduce uneven development
investment, aid, Fair trade
what can the affect of foreign direct investment in LIC’s be
better access to finance, tech, expertise and better infrastructure
what is FDI
when companies from HIC’s buy property or invest in LIC’s
give an example of debt relief
Zambia, 4 billion in 2005. Allowed them to start a free healthcare scheme.
what was the catalyst for more tourism in Kenya
they cut visa fees by 50%
how many more tourists did Kenya gain
500,000 more in 15 years
Three benefits of tourism in Kenya
4% of GDP, HDI value went up 0.14, 1.1 million employed in tourism (9% of all employment)
Three negatives of tourism in Kenya
Money often goes back out to HIC’s, Maasai communities forced off land, footfall damages environment
