Global Development

Question 1

Tanzania Case Study Facts?

Answer 1

Government changed from socialist to a market driven economy,

People in Tanzania were able to buy shares in government company’s,

ICT network (However, only available to 10% of country),

Health care increase,

Rural population is 90%,

Dar es Salaam is largest city and has port,

Received aid off countries,

66% of country don’t have piped drinking water,

Used donated money for education,

Never had a civil war,

Clean water is only in 12% country,

Development is slow in rural areas,

Government officials were taking money and aid was suspended for months.

Question 2

Social Development?

Answer 2

Changes that impact on quality of life,

E.g. increase in literacy rate.

Question 3

Human Development Index?

Answer 3

Measures of life expectancy, standards of life and education.

Question 4

Transnational Corporations?

Answer 4

Large company’s that have their headquarters in one country and branches all over the world.

Question 5

Long Term / Development Aid?

Answer 5

Involves providing local communities with education and skills for development,

“Practise Action”.

Question 6

Economic Quality Of Life?

Answer 6

Secure Job,

Income,

Affluence,

Standard Of Living.

Question 7

Factors Effecting Development?

Answer 7

Technology,

Economies,

Cultural,

Food and water security,

Socialism,

Political.

Question 8

Food And Water Security?

Answer 8

Country can produce own food,

Majority of people have fried water piped to homes.

Question 9

Economic Development?

Answer 9

Increase in country’s wealth,

Decrease in people working in primary sector,

Increase in tertiary and secondary sector.

Question 10

Natural Resources Effecting Development?

Answer 10

Mineral and fossils help gain money when sold,

Bring income in.

Question 11

Landlocked Countries And How They Effect Development?

Answer 11

Difficult to trade their goods,

Really on the neighbours.

Question 12

Natural Hazards And How They Affect Development?

Answer 12

Floods and droughts and hurricanes and more likely in some places that others,

Income has to go to repairing the hazards.

Question 13

Climate Affecting Development?

Answer 13

Diseases thrive in heat (yellow fever, malaria),

Kills crops,

Africa has a constant drought that affects crop growth.

Question 14

Trade Affecting Development?

Answer 14

Countries with good trading partners develop quicker,

Fair trade.

Question 15

What Are Colonies?

Answer 15

Colonies supply food to a country,

Brazil sent food and minerals to Portugal,

This helps development.

Question 16

Core Literacy Rate?

Answer 16

96%,

Highest in country.

Question 17

Literacy Rate In Periphery?

Answer 17

45.5%.

Question 18

Top-Down Project?

Answer 18

Run by Government.

Question 19

Emergency / Short Term Aid?

Answer 19

Needed after a sudden disaster such as aid sent from the UK to Nepal following 2015 earthquake.

Question 20

Charitable Aid?

Answer 20

Funded by the public,

Donations,

Oxfam and Water Aid.

Question 21

Public Investment?

Answer 21

Money out into a business by the government.

Question 22

Total Fertility Rate?

Answer 22

Average number of children born per woman.

Question 23

Private Investment?

Answer 23

Money out into business by a private financial branch.

Question 24

How Do Politic Affect Development?

Answer 24

Freedom on vote,

Develop quicker if stable Government,

Civil wars,

Government may be corrupt.

Question 25

Multilateral Aid?

Answer 25

International organisations rather than one specific country,

World Bank providing aid to Ecuador following 2016 earthquake.

Question 26

Social Quality Of Life?

Answer 26

Leisure,

Education,

Family and Friends,

Welfare services.

Question 27

Physical Quality Of Life?

Answer 27

Diet,

Housing,

Clean Environment,

Mobility.

Question 28

Physiological Quality Of Life?

Answer 28

Satisfaction,

Happiness,

Health,

Security.

Question 29

Infant Mortality Rate?

Answer 29

Number of infants who die before their first birthday

(Per 1000 births).

Question 30

Bottom-Up Projects?

Answer 30

Ran by local community groups.

Question 31

ICT Backbone In Tanzania?

Answer 31

Attracts TNC’s to the country,

Attract large business and provides jobs,

Only 10% of county has it.

Question 32

Conditional / Tied Aid?

Answer 32

One country donates money or resources to another,

Conditions attached and usually in donors favour.

Question 33

Cultural Development?

Answer 33

Better equality,

Race relations.

Question 34

Corruption Perceptions Index?

Answer 34

Corruption in Government and public sector.

Question 35

Gross Domestic Product?

Answer 35

GDP,

Value of all goods and services in a year,

Per Capita means divided by how many people are in the country.

Question 36

Case Study’s?

Answer 36

China -Emerging country,

Tanzania -Developing country.

Question 37

The Three Gorges, China?

Answer 37

Approved by Government in 1992,

Completed in 2006,

Took till 2012 for power to reach full capacity,

Largest damn in world,

Produces hydroelectric power,

Increase in tourism,

13 cities and 1352 villages will be submerged ,

This will create cheaper energy,

1 flood every 2 years has decreased to 1 flood every 10 years.

Question 38

Tanzania?

Answer 38

Government changed from socialist to market driven economy,

People in Tanzania bought shares in Government company’s,

Large TNC’s mine,

ICT network,

Health care increased,

Life expectancy is longer,

Rural population -90%,

Population distribution is uneven,

Largest City and Port is in Dar Es Salaam,

Never had a civil war,

Received aid,

66% don’t have piped water,

Sanitised Water is only 12%,

Government officials were taking money and aid was suspended for months.