Development Dynamic Flashcards
Define GDP
Total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year
Define poverty line
Minimum income required to meet someones basic needs
What two ways can be used to show a country’s level of development
HDI and GDP
Describe Malawi’s population pyramid
Dense at bottom so lots of children compared to adults
Therefore lower life expectancy
What kind of country is Malawi
Developing
Why does fertility rate fall as countries develop
Literacy rate increases so women are more educated on birth control
What kind of country is India
Emerging
What’s holding Malawi back from being developed
It’s landlocked - no ports to export goods from and to so no trade
Rural isolation - roads are mostly dirt so takes ages to travel
Living with a changing climate - water shortages as temperature rises And food shortages caused by variable rainfall and increased drought
What are the 5 stages of Rostows theory of development
Traditional society Pre take off Take off Drive to maturity High mass consumption
What is traditional society
Most people work In agriculture
What is pre take off
Shift from farming to manufacturing
Trade increases profits which are invested into new industries
What happens in take off stage
Growth is rapid
Investment and technology create new manufacturing industries
What happens in the drive to maturity stage
A period of growth
Technology is used throughout the economy
Industries produce consumer goods
What happens in high mass consumption stage
Period of comfort
Consumers enjoy wide range of goods
What did frank believe
He believed that historical trade was what had made countries poor in the first place
Describe franks dependency theory
Two types of global region - core and periphery
Core represented developed powerful countries
Periphery represented ‘other’ areas Which produce raw materials to sell to the core
Periphery depends on the core for its Market
Define globalisation and how it happens
Ways in which countries become increasingly connected to each other
Through increase spread of technology
Increasing volumes and variety of trade
How has India’s geographical location encouraged its economic growth
The Himalayas stretch across India causing tourists to come and also helps with trade
Located between Middle East and south east Asia which have the worlds fastest growing economic regions so therefore help with trade due to their huge market for goods and services
India’s population in 2020
1.38 billion and 40 million people leaving in slums
Where has most India’s economic growth come from
Foreign direct investment
Why are TNCs in India and how do they benefit
Attractive location to TNCs as the population speak good English, strong IT skills and work for lower wages
a TNC in India is BT which have call centres in India. BT have led processed called outsourcing
Also provide jobs for people
What kind of people work in knowledge economy
Well qualified people with high levels of technical knowledge
Define rural urban migration
Movement of people to live in cities
How has globalisation caused social change in an emerging country
For educated urban women , developing a career results in later marriage and fewer children, birth and fertility rate falls
