Devlopment Dynamics Flashcards
What is development
A process of change that affects people’s life. May include na improvement in the quality of life as perceived by the people undergoing the change.
Social ways of measuring development
Health,wealth and education levels measured by life expectancy (HDI)
NHS measured by doctors per 10,000
Fair legal system measured by Corruption Perecption Index
Safe drinking water - % of people with access drinking water
Political ways of measuring development
Free speech measured by amount of people jailed due to speaking out
Democracy measured by corruption perception index CPI
HDI is
The human development index which combines wealth health and education on a scale 0-1 the higher the better
Dependency ratio
Proportion of people below and above the normal working age
Life expectancy
Average number of years a person can be expected to live
Maternal mortality
Number of mothers that die during child birth
Fertility rate
Average number of births per woman
Birth rate
Number of live births per 1000 people per year
Infant mortality
Number of children per 1000 per year that did before their first birthday
Death rate
Number of deaths per 1000 per year
Largest age group of Malawi compared to largest of uk
Birth rate comparison
Infant mortality rate comparison
0-4 is Malawi because they are less likely to survive they have more babies unlike UK who has the most 45-49 age in pop
Birth rate is low in UK due to access to contraception and woman focusing on careers whilst high in Malawi to lack of these and babies are less likely to survive
Infant mortality rate is high in Malawi due to lack of hospitals and low in UK
Infant mortality numbers fro Malawi and UK
Life expectancy numbers
Birth rate numbers
48 and 4.4
60 and 80.4
41.8 and 12.2
Malawi’s population pyramid
Traditional pyramid shape
Means increase pressure on schools
High death rates
UK population pyramid
Less like pyramid shape.
Increased pressure on health care due to ageing population
Low birth rate due to contraception @nd change in the role of woman
Declining workforce so pressure on budgets or funds
What is the Brandt line
A curved line made by a German chancellor in the 1980s mostly spreading the northern hemisphere classed as developed and the southern as undeveloped with the exception of Australia
Criticisms of the Brandt line
- certain parts of countries are more developed
- doesn’t take into account population which skews GDP
- doesn’t take developing countries or BRICs into account
- world has changed science 1980s
- natural disasters are not considered
- Greece is in debt yet is classified as developed
HIC def,meaning and examples
High income country which is wealthy and generally in the northern hemisphere eg usa and UK
LIC def, meaning and examples
Low income country - poor generally in Southern Hemisphere for example Nigeria or Zambia
MIC def, meaning and examples
Middle income countries - countries that have a lot of raw materials like Brazil or chile or Ecuador
NICS def, meaning and examples
Growth is due to relocation of manufacturing overseas for example Singapore or Malaysia or South Korea
Newly industrialising countries
Rostows theory fo development general facts/description
Rostow was anti communist and made thee theory of development in the 1950s and it has 5 stages that describe the way a country will develop
Steps of rostows theory
Traditional Development-subsistence farming, same as ancestors,small trade between locals
Pre Conditioned take off- Banks,public transport,sewage facilities
Take off - textile industry develops, individuality starts,materialistic habits
Drive to maturity: global companies, skilled workers, expensive products
Age of mass consumption- luxuries become nessecities, high profit, high income,service sector jobs
Criticisms rostows theory are
Oversimplified and too old
New scientific developments mean there may be new ways to develop
Reflects European and American development may differ for Asia
Western countries took advantage of other countries through colonisation
General facts about Franks dependency theory
Made in 1967 and separates the world into two sectors; the core and the periphery
All about the core of frank dependancy theory
15% of the worlds population enjoy 75% of the world income for example Canada, USA,UK
These countries have expensive products better jobs and healthcare and education
They are takers.
Development in core is due to exploitation of the periphery
Core processes raw materials into high valued products
All about the periphery of Franks dependency theory
Periphery are dependent on core yo process raw materials from the periphery
Countries are Brazil, Malawi
Criticisms of frank theory are
It is stagnant hence does not show how a country can progress through the stages
Less detail but simpler to understand