Development Flashcards
Measuring development
Brith rate
Literacy rate
GDP
HDI
Better way to measure development as takes into account life expectancy , literacy rate , schooling , GDP per capita
What does the brandt line show
Global north is rich
Global south is poor
Doesn’t apply due to brics
Globalisation
Counties become more increasingly connected through trade and tec
Franks dependency
Poor country’s will remain weak due to members of global economy buying their products for cheap and exporting back manufactured expensive
Rostows model
1- traditional society ( agriculture)
2- pre take off ( manufacturing)
3-take off ( national income rises )
4- drive to maturity ( modern technology)
5- high mass consumption ( urban city’s )
Malawi’s barriers
Terms of trade - exports more than imports so earns less than spends due to mass priephry products
Colonisation + cash crops - Britain colonoised Malawi 1800s or grow coffee and still owned today for cheap
Climate change effect on Malawi
Water shortages due to evaporating in temperature rise
Food shortages due to drought
Malawi problems
Landlocked
Rural isolation - 85% is rural and poor roads so no travel
Clark fisher model
Low income - primary agricultural
Middle income - manufacturing
High - tertiary
^ shows how employment changes as it becomes developed