Global Development Flashcards
Development
Change and growth. Which is associated to improving peoples life or standard of living
Social Development
Putting people at the centre of development . A commitment that developing processes need to benefit people
Economic Development
Efforts that seek to improve the financial well-being for a community by creating jobs, supporting and increasing tax base
Political Development
Concern or equality , with the system of Government. at the centre of development
Factors affecting human development
•social- access to healthcare, education, housing recreation, pop density
•Cultural- Happiness now happening feel like have a place in the world,balances between traditions and improved cultures + a work life balance
•Technological- access to internet , efficiency of farming, electrification
•Water security- 405 of world pop have no access to water 840,000 people a year die due to water related diseases
•Economic- income, job security,standard of living, GDP
HDI
Human development index- Measures Life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling for adult aged 25, expected years of schooling for children of school entering age gross national income (GNI) per capita (US$ ppp)
GDP
Gross domestic product- major economic indicator of development . It is the total value of goods and services within a country inn a year
Global patterns which structure should be used to describe them
PQE
P- General pattern
Q- qualifications (examples etc)
E- Exeptions
8 marker - suggest what diiferent levels of development may exist
Inequalities in development - factors why people live in poverty
SEEP- social/society , Economic, Environmental, Political
Social Factors
•Water insecurity/ drinking dirty water + diesel such as typhoid
Sick people don’t work, pay no taxes costs money- so not paying taxes helps
•pay inequality - some countries and institutions men get more than women
•Child education= education+qualifications+better jobs+good quality of life+ increases development of a country
Political
•Unstable GOVT
Might not invest in support and services such as healthcare, education or improving the economy
Leads to slow development or none at all
•War
Country at war loses money that could be spent on development
Equipment is expensive, buildings destroyed fewer people work
•War also directly reduces the quality of life in a country
Corrupt officials
Some people richer by breaking law
Others stay poorer and have low QOL(Quality of life)
Environmental
Steep land
Limited water supplies
No water _ hard to produce food water vital for life
•Few raw materials . E.g coal oil natural gas
Fewer products to sell= less money to spend on development
•Poor climate+ less food produces malfunction
•Natural disasters e.g floods
Economy
•Countries that trade primary products often make little profit and unstable income as prices flucatuate
•Poor trade links
Trade+ exchange of goods and service is between countries
Poor trade links + little money+ less to spend o development
Lots of debt
Very poor courtiers borrow money from other countries
Absolute poverty
A condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs( food, safe drinking water, Health, shelter)
Relative poverty
A condition which is defined within the standard of the society a person lives within
Effects of poverty in Uk
To be poor in Uk society it means the be living in an untangle condition
Limited money - e.g limited closets
There is a poverty cycle which is hard
Poverty cycle
Poverty cycle =
Family are in poverty = child grows up in poverty= struggles in school due to hunger etc or not enough resources= struggles to get a job due to lack of qualification = struggles on lo income to support their own family= family are in poverty(the cycle is repeating here)
How to break the poverty Cycle
If struggling in schools due to hunger schools should intervene with free school meals and ensure they have breakfast by making breakfast
Benefits
Govt support
