development Flashcards
what is meant by the term development gap
the difference in standard of living between an HIC and LIC
decrease two recent changes taking place to the pattern of global devilment
brazil now have major encomies with global influence comparered to most Hics
Nics around the pacific rim newly and recently industralising countries such as taiwan have growing enocomic power
what is meant by the term appropriate aid
the transfer of know-how and quipment suited to basic needs of reciving country
outline two example of apposite aid
basic school building as it helps to improve eductation
simple water pump - helps peopel to drink goop quilty water
outline the difficulties of measuring devolpment
difficult to define happiness
quality of life
the data can be inaccurate
what is meant by the term intermediate technology
simple equipment apporatiate to LICs that meets their local needs
describe how the use of intermediate technology is encouraging development in LICs
simple water pump - improves quality of water
basic school building - improves education
outline two other ways of encouraging devolpemnt in LICs
foreign aid as they have a way for paying
debt relief - so they can focus their money elsewhere
what is meant by the term emerging economy
when NICs where economic devolpment has recently taken off
how does debt relief work
Hics government cancel some LICs debt
outline two other stages for reducing disparities in development
fair trade enables lics to increase export earnings
aid approiate for the devolpment as it leads to increase food production
Describe how the HDI is calculated
HDI - combing litercary rate, per capita income and life expentcy and averaged to give a score from 0 - 1 the higher the score the higher the devolpment level
