Globalisation and Development Flashcards

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Describe the distribution of poverty map

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India has a lot of poverty and so appears larger on the map where Australia has less and so appears smaller

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Give four descriptors of development

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  • Positive change over time
  • Modern idea of progress
  • Growth in industry, urbanisation and standard of living
  • Economic, social and environmental change over time
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Define ‘development gap’

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Social and economic disparity between the wealthy and the poor can be compared internationally and between local regions

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Give four benefits of migration on the host region

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  • fills skill shortages e.g. Indian doctors to the UK in the 1950s
  • Economic migrants do work that locals are reluctant to do e.g. Polish workers on farms around Petersborough
  • Working migrants spend wages on rent and local economy
  • Some migrants are ambitious entrepreneurs who establish new businesses e.g. in 2013, 14% of UK business start ups were migrant owned
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Give four disadvantages of migration on the host region

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  • social tension e.g. adopted by UKIP party
  • political parties change policies to address public concerns
  • shortages to primary schools due to natural increase
  • new markets develop for ethnic food changes the urban built environment
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Give four advantages of migration on the source region

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  • migrant remittances e.g. in 2014, remittances made up 25% of Nepal’s national earnings
  • less public spending on housing and health e.g. in 2004, prior to joining the EU unemployment was 20% and has since halved
  • migrants or their children may return and bring new skills
  • some government spending cuts transferred to host region
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Give five disadvantages of migration on the source region

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  • economic loss
  • reduced economic growth as consumption falls
  • increase in proportion of aged dependents and long term economic challenge it creates
  • closure of some uni courses as a result of brain drain
  • closure of urban services and entertainment
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Describe the gini coefficient

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Shows income disparity, a high result shows that wealth is concentrated among a few which is bad e.g. Botswana = 0.63 but Sweden = 0.23

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