economic world Flashcards
what are different measures of development
- access to safe water
- brith and death rates
- infrant mortaility rate
- people per doctor
- literacy rates
- GNI
- life expectancy
- HDI
what is infant mortaility rate
- number of babies who per before the age of 1 per thousand babies born
what is per doctor
total population divided by total number of doctors
What do we call the difference in development between different countries?
global development gap
a mega city is a city with at least..
10 million people
what is the demographic transition model
- used to show how countries develop over time
- shows how birth rates and death rates affect population
what physical factors affect how developed a country is
- a poor climate
- poor famring land
- few raw materials
- lots of natural diseaters
how does a poor climate affect how developed a country is
- really hot dry or cold means not alot of food will grow so it cant be produced which can lead to malnutrtion
- fewer crops to sell, less money spent of goods and services - goverment gets less money from tax - less money to spend on developing country
how does poor farming land affect how developed a country is
- difficult to produce food
- fewer crops to sell, less money spent of goods and services - goverment gets less money from tax - less money to spend on developing country
how does few raw materials affect how a country is developed
- fewer products to export
- tend to make less money - cant spend on developing country
how doe slots of natural disaters affect a countrys development
- spend lots of money rebuilding
- reduce quality of life and reduces amount of money that can be spent on development projects
what are ecconmic factors that cause uneven development
- poor trade links - wont make money
- lots of debt - less money for developement
- an economy based on primary products - primary products sell for less than manufactored products, sometimes price falls below cost of production
what are historical caouses for uneven development
- colonisation - colonosiers removes lots of raw materials and profits went to them.
- conflict - money spent of war - important servies disrputed like healthcare
what are two consequences of uneven development
- wealth
- health
how is welath affected by uneven devlepment
- developed countries - higher income than in lower developed
- affect peoples standard of living
