APHUG Development Flashcards

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commodity chain

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a series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution resulting in a final product that is then bought and sold on the market

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break-of-bulk location

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where goods traded on one mode of transport were transported to another mode of transport.

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gross national product (GNP)

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total value of officially recorded goods/services produced by a country in a year (both inside and outside the country)

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gross domestic product (GDP)

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goods and services produced within a country

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gross national income (GNI)

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what is produced within a country + income received from investments outside the country - income payments to other countries

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per capita GNI

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GNI divided by the population of a country

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GNI flaws

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does not measure nonmonetary costs (informal economy)

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flaws within GNI per capita

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masks extremes, only measures outputs (not environmental depletion)

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formal economy

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the legal economy that governments tax and monitor

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informal economy

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the illegal or uncounted economy that governments do not tax or keep track of.

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digital divide

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high correlation between wealth and internet access

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Millennium Development Goals

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consensus regarding the key conditions needed to be changed to achieve economic development
1. eradicate extreme poverty/hunger
2. universal primary education
3. gender equality
4. reduce child mortality
5. improve maternal health
6. combat hiv/aids, malaria, and other diseases
7. ensure environmental sustainability
8. develop global partnership for development

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Walt Rostow’s modernization model

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All countries follow a similar path to development/modernization:
1. traditional - subsistence farming
2. preconditions of takeoff - great flexibility, openness, and diversification
3. takeoff - industrial revolution
4. drive to maturity - international trade/modernization
5. high mass consumption - high incomes/widespread production

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context

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Development reflects what has happened and what is happening in a place as a result of processes operating at the same time at multiple scales.

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15
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neo-colonialism

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major world powers continue to control the economies of the poorer countries

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structuralist theory

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difficult-to-change, large-scale economic arrangements shape what is possible for a country’s development in fundamental ways

17
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dependency theory

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the political and economic relationships between countries and regions of the world control and limit the economic development possibilities of poorer areas.

  • economic structures make poorer countries dependent on wealthier countries
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dollarization

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adopting the US dollar as a country’s currency

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world-systems theory

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incorporates space (geography), time (history), and power relationships (politics)

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trafficking

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occurs when adults and children fleeing poverty or seeking better prospects are manipulated, deceived, and bullied into working in conditions they would not choose

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structural adjustment loans

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countries have to agree to implement economic or governmental reforms such as opening the country up to foreign trade and reduce tariffs in order to recieve loans

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Washington Consensus

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set of policies surrounding structural adjustment loans. Opponents argue that the policies support and protect core country economies at the expense of peripheral and semiperipheral economies

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neoliberalism

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government intervention into markets is inefficient and undesirable
Leads to states having less control over their economic destinies as private corporations take over vital functions

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export processing zones (EPZs)

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offer favorable tax, regulatory, and trade arrangements to foreign firms
- Mexican maquiladoras
- special economic zones of China

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NAFTA
facilitated the movement of service industries from the US to Mexico, including data processing operations
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Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)
to compare the development of women with that of both sexes
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Human Development Index
1. life expectancy 2. expected/mean years of schooling 3. GNI for standard of living
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Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
compares the ability of ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making
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economic complementarities between two places tend to
occur when each place specialize in commodities demanded by the other
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malaria kills 150,000 children in the global periphery each month
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Transnational Corporations
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