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Case study - Sudan, Africa Flashcards

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What is the GDP per capita? (Sudan globalisation)

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$2,400

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What is the population? (Sudan globalisation)

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34 million

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What is the account balance/debt? (Sudan globalisation)

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$3.575 billion

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What is the average life expectancy? (Sudan globalisation)

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62

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What is the aim of trade? (Sudan globalisation)

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To promote economic growth

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What is aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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Money or resources given from one country to another

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How does trade work? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • industrialisation
  • exporting goods
  • revenue flow
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What is economic growth through trade dependent on? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • Adopting Western capitalism
  • Trickle down effect
  • Free trade
  • Open markets
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What is an example of a country who economically grew from trade? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • South Korea
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
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What are the negatives to trade? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • LEDC’s cannot compete in global markets
  • Low wages = low QOL and SOL
  • LEDC’s already have issues to sort e.g malaria
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Where used fair trade and in what industry? (Sudan globalisation)

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Vietnams

Banana industry

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What are the three source of aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • Bilateral
  • Multilateral
  • NGO’s
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How is bilateral aid given? (Sudan globalisation)

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Direct from one government to another

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How is multilateral aid given? (Sudan globalisation)

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Governments donate to organisation, that the distribute e.g the World Bank

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How is NGO aid given? (Sudan globalisation)

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Voluntary donations e.g OXFAM

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What four types of aid can be given? (Sudan globalisation)

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  • Short term aid
  • Long term aid
  • Top down aid
  • Bottom up aid
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What is short term aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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To help countries cope with emergencies

e.g natural disasters

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What is long term aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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To help countries become more developed

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What is top down aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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Government receives the money and decides where to invest it

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What is bottom up aid? (Sudan globalisation)

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The locals receive the money directly and invest it where the deem necessary

21
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What does agriculture still account for? (Sudan globalisation)

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20% of GDP

80% of jobs

22
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What happened in 1991, in terms of trade? (Sudan globalisation)

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First surplus from exporting oil

23
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What happened that allowed Sudan to trade internationally? (Sudan globalisation)

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Joining the WTO

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