Development Flashcards

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1
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Measuring development

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Brith rate
Literacy rate
GDP

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HDI

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Better way to measure development as takes into account life expectancy , literacy rate , schooling , GDP per capita

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What does the brandt line show

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Global north is rich
Global south is poor
Doesn’t apply due to brics

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4
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Globalisation

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Counties become more increasingly connected through trade and tec

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Franks dependency

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Poor country’s will remain weak due to members of global economy buying their products for cheap and exporting back manufactured expensive

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Rostows model

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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 )

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Malawi’s barriers

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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

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Climate change effect on Malawi

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Water shortages due to evaporating in temperature rise

Food shortages due to drought

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Malawi problems

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Landlocked

Rural isolation - 85% is rural and poor roads so no travel

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Clark fisher model

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Low income - primary agricultural
Middle income - manufacturing
High - tertiary
^ shows how employment changes as it becomes developed

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