Lesson 5 - Trapped in Wilderness Flashcards
1
Q
Suggest why most of Africa is switched off from development?
A
Social - Lack of education and skills
Environmental - Inhospitable environments
Economic - Limited investment in infrastructure
2
Q
Suggest some BB (bottom billion) traps
A
Conflict Trap and Natural Resource Trap
3
Q
What is the conflict trap?
A
= civil war = poverty = civil war
4
Q
What is the natural resource trap?
A
Where the country needs to rely on resources and forgets governance
5
Q
What reasons ‘maybe’ an explanation for no connectivity or investment in these areas?
A
- Ethnic Clashes
- Poor infrastructure
- Debt
- No market
- Political argument
- Resources controlled by small elite
- Areas highly vulnerable to climate change
