Origin Of Disparities

Question 1

Cumulative causation

Answer 1

The process whereby a significant increase in economic growth can lead to even more growth as more money circulates in the economy.

Question 2

Economic core region

Answer 2

The most highly developed region in a country with advanced systems of infrastructure and high levels of investment resulting in high average income.

Question 3

Periphery

Answer 3

The parts of a country outside the economic core region. The level of economic development in the periphery is significantly below that of the core.

Question 4

Slum

Answer 4

A heavily populated urban area characterised by substandard housing and squalor.

Question 5

Urbanisation of poverty

Answer 5

The gradual shift of global poverty from rural to urban areas with increasing urbanisation.

Question 6

Indigenous population

Answer 6

People descending from the original ethic groups to populate a country. Other ethnic groups migrating to that country at a later period of time may come to dominate the indigenous population in various ways.

Question 7

Privatisation

Answer 7

The sale of state-owned assets to the private sector.

Question 8

Gini coefficient

Answer 8

A statistical technique used to show the extent of income inequality in a country. With values between 0 and 1, a Los value indicates a more equal income distribution while a high value means more unequal income distribution.