L4 - Dependent On Change Flashcards
Who is the world’s biggest exporter of bananas?
Ecuador
Who is Europe’s biggest supplier of bananas?
Ecuador
Who were the world’s biggest producers of bananas in 2010?
India (29.8m tonnes)
What is the Dependency Theory?
The Dependency Theory is the notion that resources flow from a “periphery” of poor and underdeveloped states to a “core” of wealthy states for the benefit of the wealthier states and at the expense of the poorer states
What do core developed countries provide?
- Manufactured goods
- Aid
- Polluting industry
- Political and economic ideas
What do peripheral developing countries provide?
- Brain drain
- Raw materials
- Political support
- Debt repayments and purchase payments
Who are the winners in the Dependency Theory?
EU consumers
Who owns Ecuador’s banana farms?
American TNCs - the banana workers complain of 12 hour days, low wages, and pesticide poisoning
What do ‘quotas’ do?
Restrict imports
What do ‘tariffs’ do?
Make imports more expensive
How long did the EU make tariffs for products that were imported out of the EU?
20 years
Who are the losers in the Dependency Theory?
Banana workers
Why did the EU stop tariffs on Ecuador’s bananas?
Because the American TNCs complained about the tariff agreement to the WCO, who told the EU to stop tariffs
Did the removal of the EU’s tariffs have a positive or negative effect on the Ecuadorean government? How?
Positive effect: the Ecuadorean government will earn more money because more bananas can be exported
Who else could benefit from more bananas being exported from Ecuador?
Consumers. More bananas on the market = global price of them has fallen = can go to the local supermarket and pay 10p less for bananas for example
