DG - Factors that make global development worse Flashcards
What four factors make inequalities worse?
- Physical
- Economical
- Environmental
- Social
What physical factors do not favour some countries?
- Mountainous terrains
- Swamp land
- Deserts
What makes trade hard in Africa?
It has many land locked countries making trade less easy due to the inability to have coastal ports
What do the tropical Africa, South America and Asia tend to suffer from?
Climate related diseases such as Malaria, HIV/AIDS - standards of living are not improved when people are ill and so many children are orphaned.
What do regular climatic droughts do?
Limit future development and destroying what may have already been put in place
How do poor water quality prevent economic development?
It causes diseases that are carried in the water like endemic malaria, yellow fever, bilharzia and river blindness
What might not be an option when rainfull amounts vary throughout the year?
Irrigation
Why is poverty a economic factor?
It is almost impossible to develop as a country if their is a low life expectancy and standard of living as well as factors like corruption
What are usually the poorest countries emerging from?
Civil war - eg Ethiopia had been successful until civil war and a famine which made it one of the worlds poorest nations in the world
How do we know that global politics do not favour poor countries?
Sometimes tariffs are placed on goods by the purchasing country
Why is Africa the least industrialised continent despite cheap labour?
Processing and value-adding is usually done in the purchasing country - most African exports are primary goods (raw materials) and so are of less value than processed goods.
What is a country’s income primarily measured by?
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and the welfare of the people by the human development index (HDI) - when the income is low, so is the welfare
What are environmental factors?
Deforestation and overgrazing which increases desertification - poor governments have little spare money or resources protect and develop environmental resources.
What are the two social factors?
Education and health
What does a poor country find difficult to do?
Fund education for all children to a good level - investors put off by the lack of an educated workforce
