Development

Question 1

What is development?

Answer 1

Development is a term that measures how advanced a country is compared to another.

Question 2

What are the factors affecting development of a country?

Answer 2

• Food and water security.
• Economic.
• Social factors.
• Technological factors.
• Cultural factors.

Question 3

How would a low-income country develop?

Answer 3

• Investment in farming.
• Electricity grid reaches rural areas.
• New roads or railways.
• Literacy rates.
• Gender equality improves.

Question 4

What are the development indicators?

Answer 4

• Gross domestic product.

- Human development index.

Question 5

What are the factors affecting development level?

Answer 5

• Global inequalities:
• Physical.
• Historical.
• Economic.
  Inequality within the UK:
• Physical.
• Historical.
• Economic.

Question 6

How does development vary in the UK?

Answer 6

Development levels vary within the UK. In London and South East England, people have a higher standard of living.

Question 7

What impact has uneven development had on people’s quality of life?

Answer 7

Health: Healthcare is limited in poorer parts of the globe.
Access to housing: Many people don’t have access to housing.
Education: Literacy rates are low in the developing world.
Technology: Less investment in technology.
Food and water security: Developing countries lack access to food and clean water.

Question 8

What is international aid?

Answer 8

International aid is where one country voluntarily transfers resources to another country.

Question 9

What are inter-governmental agreements?

Answer 9

Inter-governmental agreements are agreements that are made between two or more governments with of cooperation.

Question 10

What is foreign direct investment?

Answer 10

Foreign direct investment is when a company invests in a company in a different country.

Question 11

What is top-down development?

Answer 11

Top-down development is development that happens through the actions of governments and tncs.

Question 12

What is bottom-up development?

Answer 12

Bottom-up development happens through the actions of NGO’s working with communities.

Question 13

How successful is top-down development?

Answer 13

Pros:

• Can access large sums of money.
• Can benefit thousands of people.
• Access to experts and latest technology.

Cons:

• Local people may not benefit.
• Can lead to poorly paid employment.

Question 14

Where is India?

Answer 14

India is in the Northern Hemisphere. It is located in Asia and is one of the largest countries in the world by area.

Question 15

What is India’s political context?

Answer 15

It is a member of the world trade organisation and the United Nations.

Question 16

What is India’s social context?

Answer 16

Regional: Population is divided over 20 states. Social ranks are known as castes.

Global: Over 20 million Indian groups are located in 100 countries.

Global: This generates income for its economy.

Question 17

What are the 4 sectors?

Answer 17

Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.

Question 18

What are India’s trading characteristics?

Answer 18

• During the 1990s, changes in India’s trading policies led to a rise in imports.
• In 2014, India was ranked 19th in the world for exporting merchandise.
• India’s key exports by value are oil, gems and jewellery.
• India’s key imports by value are crude oil, gold, silver and electrical goods.

Question 19

What is India’s population structure?

Answer 19

In 1985, India’s population was 782 million and by 2015, it increased to 1.3 billion.

Question 20

What is the life expectancy in India?

Answer 20

It has improved over the last 30 years, rising from 30 to 68.

Question 21

What is geopolitics?

Answer 21

Geopolitics is the impact of a country’s human and physical geography on its international politics and relations.