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Development Flashcards

1
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Development includes which two aspects of improvement in the lives of people

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Standard of living ( well-being of a person, value of their possessions, type of home they live in) and Quality of life (affected by education, health care, services, utilities, environment and social, political, and religious freedom)

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2
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What is a demographic transition

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Population change

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3
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Definition of Primary economic activities

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Extraction of natural resources( mining, forestry,agriculture and fishing)

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Definition of Secondary economic activities

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Processing of primary raw materials and the resultant manufacturing of products

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Definition of Tertiary economic activities

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Service industries, where tangible products are not made, however many service industries assist manufacturing.

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Quaternary Economic Activities

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Research and development needed to produce products from natural resources. It is concerned with providing information and expertise

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Quinary Economic Activities

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Highest levels of decision making in a society or economy

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Characteristics of LEDC

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Primary economic activity dominant, Mechanism on farms is low, Early stages of economic development, informal service sector is strong

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Characteristics of Newly industrialized country (NIC)

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Strong manufacturing sector, many transnationals move to NICs to take advantage of cheap labour and land

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Characteristics of MEDC

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Automation of manufacturing or transfer to NICs, very strong tertiary sector with large numbers employed in health, education, and tourism, growth of jobs in the knowledge economy

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Economic development and what its associated with

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Income levels associated with different kinds of work people do

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Social development and what its associated with

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Quality of life, health, literacy and housing

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13
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How is economic development determined

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Gross domestic product, gross national product, purchasing power parity

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How is social development determined

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Physical Quality of Life index, Human Development Index, gini-coefficient

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15
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How is demographic development determined

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Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality,

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16
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What factors affect development

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Access to resources, energy, natural resources limitation, education and training, population growth, trade imbalances, environmental degradation

17
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Rostow’s model for development

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  1. Traditional stage (subsistence economy based mainly on farming)
  2. Preconditions for take-off ( Industries develop, there technological improvements and infrastructure grows)
  3. Take-off ( Manufacturing industries grow)
  4. Drive to maturity stage ( growth is self-sustaining, Rapid Urbanization)
  5. High mass consumption (Rapid expansion of tertiary industries and welfare facilities, industries shift to consumer goods)
18
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Core-Periphery model

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Application at different levels
Pull factors encourage rural immigration
Push factors force people to migrate outwards from the core

19
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Who makes more money from trades? (LEDC or MEDC)

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MEDC

20
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Why is this

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LEDC exports raw materials to MEDC
MEDC exports manufactured goods to LEDC
Raw materials have less value than manufactured materials

21
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What is development aid?

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Aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development of developing countries

22
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Types of development aid

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Technical, conditional and humanitarian

23
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Definition of Technical Aid

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helping people with better technology than they have

24
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Definition of conditional aid

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Given to another country but specifications have to be met

25
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Humanitarian Aid

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provided during natural disasters

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