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How can the development gap be reduced? Flashcards

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List me 8 strategies to help LICs develop

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  1. Aid
  2. Intermediate technology
  3. Trade
  4. Debt Relief
  5. Microfinance Loans
  6. Investment
  7. Industrial Development
  8. Tourism
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List me an example of sustainable aid.

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UK aid to Pakistan

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What is UK aid to pakistan

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  • 66m ppl in pakistan in poverty
  • Spent mainly in education and to reduce poverty.
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What is intermediate technology

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Technology that is suitable to their education and economic level.

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List me one example of intermediate technology

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Irrigation at Ethiopia

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Intermediate Tech

Irrigation at Ethiopia

What did it involve

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Each family has an area of irrigated land with fruit trees.

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Lists 2 ways of trade protection

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  1. Tariffs - taxes on imports
  2. Quotas - limits on the quantity of imported goods.
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What is Free Trade

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  • Trade without import tariffs or quotas
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Key features of fair trade

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  • Guarantees the farmer a fair price.
  • Farmers agree to farm in an environmentally-friendly way
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How have LICs debts got so big?

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  • World’s poorest countries pay more than $1.5 bn a day in interest repayments
  • High oil prices increased price of imports.
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Debt Relief

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2005, G8 countries agreed to cancel debts of LIC.

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What is microfinance loans?

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Small-scale financial support from banks set up to help the poor.

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Example of microfinance loans

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Grameen Bank in Bangladesh

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Grameen Bank in Bangladesh

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  • Lend small sums of money to poorest ppl to start their own business.
  • Lend to over 7 million people
  • Small interest rate, 99% repaid
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Advantages of foreign investment for African countries

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Improve quality of life.

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Disadvantages of foreign investment for African countries

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Profit given back to TNCs, not LICs.

17
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Multiplier Effect

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occurs when industrial development leads to greater employment, higher incomes and opportunities to invest in education and infrastructure etc.

18
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Impacts of Tourism on Jamaica

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  • Economy (+): Tourism contributed to 24% of Jamaica’s GDP in 2014. Economy (-): Annual 1.1m passengers only spend on average $70 per day.
  • Environment (+): Negril Marine Nature Park attracts many tourists. Environment (-): Excessive waste, footpath erosion and harmful emissions.

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