Global Development Assessment Flashcards
What are the positive social impacts of rapid development in India?
Improved health care, increased life expectancy, decreased death rates, improved education, raised literacy rates
Life expectancy increased from 38 to 68 within a generation in India.
What negative consequence can arise from decreasing death rates and increasing life expectancy in India?
Rapid population growth leading to stress on housing provision and healthcare services
This can strain existing resources and infrastructure.
What economic benefits does rapid development provide for individuals in India?
Increased GDP per capita, higher attainability of economic growth
Economic growth is more attainable with a larger and healthier working population.
How does rapid development attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in India?
Increased attractiveness due to development, leading to multinational corporations establishing operations, such as Toyota and Hyundai manufacturing cars
FDI supports further economic growth.
What social issue can arise due to the benefits of rapid development being concentrated in urban areas?
Increasing income inequality and disparities between rural and urban areas
Benefits may not be evenly distributed across the population.
What are the positive environmental impacts of rapid development in India?
Development and availability of new technologies improving efficiency and sustainability in farming
This reduces overgrazing and overcultivation.
What negative environmental impact is associated with rapid development in India?
Over-extraction of natural resources leading to irreversible land damage
Example: A soft drink bottling plant in Kerala was shut down for contaminating water supplies.
True or False: Economic growth can sometimes be achieved at the expense of environmental sustainability.
True
Unsustainable extraction of non-renewable resources can lead to short-term economic boosts.
Fill in the blank: Rapid development in India has led to a significant increase in life expectancy from ______ to ______.
38, 68
This change occurred within a generation.
How does development attract TNCS and which examples?
The more a country develops the more attractive they become to FDI which further supports economic growth, such as in India where TNCs such as Toyota and Hyundai have started to manufacture cars
Why is extraction of resources only benificial for short term and cause long term impacts.
Furthermore, negative environmental impacts may be the result of environmental sustainability being sacrificed for economic growth. While unsustainable the extraction of non-renewable resources can lead to short term economic boosts.
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Rapid development has led to positive and negative social, economic and environmental impacts.
How may rapid development be unfair on peripheral areas ao3
Positive social impacts on healthcare and education may not be felt equally across the country. In particular, peripheral rural areas may not enjoy any positive social impacts of the country’s rapid development.
How may the attraction of investers be bad and good
As country becomes more developed, it may become more attractive to FDI; this can trigger further economic growth and raise the quality of life for many people. However, these improvements are not balanced and often the gap between rich and poor is actually growing in many countries.
How is rapid devlopment unfair on rural areas.
Often, the development is urban-based, which leads to increased rural to urban migration and negative consequences for rural settlements and societies.
