Geography paper 2 definitions Flashcards
bottom up development
Development happens through actions of NGO’s working with communities and projects are done on a local scale to aim to benefit a village or small group of communities.
top down development
Development happens through actions of governments and TNC’s and is achieved by large scale projects that aim at national-level or regional-level development.
centralisation
relocation of people, industry and business to the CBD
development+ indicators
is a measure of the standard of living of individuals in a country.
.GDP
.HDI=GDP, life expectancy and years in educations put in one measure.
FDI
when a company invests in a company in a different country, and has control over what that company does.
international aid
where a country voluntarily transfers resources to another country.
infant mortality rate
the amount of children dying under the age of 5
maternal mortality rate
the amount of mothers dying in child birth
