Global development Flashcards
What is development?
Improvements in the quality of life for the population of a country.
How do we measure development?
Whats used to calculate?
Using the HDI(human development index)
Calculated using; life expectancy, GDP per capita and education levels
Whats GDP?
The total value of goods/services within a country.
Factors affecting human development of a country
Economic- income, employment rates
Social- healthcare, education, access to housing
Food/water security
Whats GNI?
Gross national income
Which area of the UK is ‘better of”?
The south generally have better health, wages and education
How is the development gap shown?
On the Brandt line
Causes of economic change in the UK
3
- Government policies
- Globalisation
- De-industrialisation
Factors causing uneven development?
3 main headings
Physical factors
- few raw materials
- natural hazards
- poor climate
- poor farming land
Historical factors
- conflict(spending money on war)
- colonisation
Economic factors
- debt
- poor trade links
Consequences of inequality on countries
wealth health education water food employment technology housing
Strategies to reduce global development gap?
6
Fair trade Aid Debt relief Foreign direct investment(FDI) Tourism Industrial developmentT
Top-down/Bottom-up example and pros/cons
Top-down eg= IGOs and TNCs
pros- access to large sums of money, can benefit thousands
cons- expensive funds, local people may not benefit
Bottom-up eg= NGOs
pros- cheaper, directly benefits local communities
cons- small scale
Indias location
In South Asia, in the Northern hemisphere
Context
- political
- cultural
- social
- environmental
-political Member of WTO(world trade organisation) and the UN -cultural Over 80% are Hindu -social Divided over 29 states -environmental two monsoon seasons(rainy season)
Indias core/periphery?
core= Goa periphery= Bihar
