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International Development ✅ Flashcards

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What is development?

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The use of resources to improve the standard of living and quality of life in a nation

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What 3 factors measure HDI?

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Life expectancy, number of years at Schools, GDP per person

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What are the social factors of development

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Less dead kids, living longer, female equality, justice

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What are the economical factors of development

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Education for all, more jobs, more healthcare, more money for country

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What are the environmental factors of development?

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Lower pollution, sustainability

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What is standard of living?

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The level of wealth and resources/ facilities availiable to people

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What is quality of life?

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The general wellbeing based on a person or society defined in terms of health and happiness

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What is GDP

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Gross domestic product/ how much a country is worth

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LIC income

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$1045

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NEE income

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$1045-$12746

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HIC income

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$12 746+

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Development indicator?

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Tells you how developed a country is using measurable data

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Calculation for PPP?

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GDP/Total population=PPP

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Landlocked definition?

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A country surrounded by land with no ocean or coastline

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Abosulte Poverty?

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Where people are so poor that they cant meet basic needs such as food

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Relative Povrety?

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Where people are poor compared to the average but have enough to live on

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Trade

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Buying and selling of good between countries

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Independence

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When a country or region gains political freedom from outside control

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Reclaimed land

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Adding material to make new land

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Primary sector

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work with/get raw material form land or sea eg farmer miner fisherman

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Secondary sector

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Turn raw material into something else eg clother cars baking

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Tertiary sector

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Poeple carry out service for others such as cleaning doctor teacher

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Quaternary sector

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Highly skilled poepl useing knowledge eg scientist

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HIgher HDI…

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more devoleped country

25
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What are some differences between Malawi and Singapore?

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Singapore: GDP per capita $65,233 per person, 15% in poverty, very little farmland and natural resources, main business is a shipping hub, finance is earned by importing and processing oil and chemicals

Malawi: GDP per capita $780 per person , 50.7% in poverty, lots of farmland and natural resources, main business is agriculture, finances earned by farming and tobacco export

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Reasons why the development gap has grown:

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Historical reasons, physical reasons, social reasons, conflict and corruption, reliance on few exports, and lack of industry

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what is a HIPC?

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Highly indebited poor country

Countries with high poverty and debt and can get special assistance from the IMF and World Bank

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What is an NGO

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Non-government Organisation

charities such as Oxfam which help people but arent part of the government

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what is a micro finance

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Non-government organisations give small loans to people to help them set up a business

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What is a TNC?

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Transnational corporation

Company that has operations like factories,research and shops in multiple countries

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What strategies help reduce the development gap?

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Help, aid, non-government organisations, help from technology, manufactory and TNCs and fair trade

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How does self-help reduce the development gap?

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The poorer countries do their best to stop crimes try new crops build factories educate and train people and build more schools and hospitals

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How does aid help reduce the development gap?

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Rich countries help poor countries by giving them money and loans. there are long-term and emergency aids

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What are the UN sustainable goals?

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They are 17 goals to transform our world. They encourage development in all countries. They include things such as no poverty, zero hunger, good education, gender equality climate action, and peace and justice

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