Causes Of Uneven Development

Question 1

Physical causes

Answer 1

. Lack of rainfall (e.g. Ethiopia).
. Reliance on subsistence farming results inn food shortages due to extreme/changing climate (e.g. Malawi).
. Countries with lots of natural disasters have to spend their money rebuilding (e.g. Haiti - hurricane 2008 and earthquake 2010).
. Few raw materials (e.g. coal, oil, metalores).
. Steep land/poor soil soo not a lot grows.

Question 2

Economic causes

Answer 2

. Over-reliance on exporting primary products (raw. Materials).
. More wealthy countries can manipulate the prices paid for materials.
. Poor trade links.
. Some countries have too much debt to pay back after borrowing money in the past.

Question 3

Historical causes

Answer 3

. Deaths as a direct result of fighting or disease and malnutrition (e.g. war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed up to six million lives).
. Coups/political instability (e.g, Niger following its independence from France in 1960).
. European colonisation in the 19th century removed slaves and raw materials.
. During civil war, money is spent on weapons instead of development. Infrastructure is also often destroyed.