Paper 2: NEEs and the Development Gap Flashcards
average years of schooling
average amount of formal schooling received within a country
HDI human development index
-A score between 0-1
-combines a range of indicators social/economic
-higher score = greater development
GDP
value of all finished goods/services produced within a country’s borders
development
promoting sustainable development to reduce poverty/inequality
-improve quality of life
Limitations of using GNI per capita to measure development
-income isn’t divided equally between = suggests average but isnt
population
-always measured in USD
-informal sectors
birth rate
number of children born per 1000 per yr
death rate
number of deaths per 1000 per yr
natural change
birth rate - death rate
-refers to population
as the country develops
-birth rates decrease
-death rates decrease
Uneven development: climate
-Saharan Africa limited crop growth
-lack of water to be used
Uneven development: natural hazards
-earthquake risks
effect businesses
-services are destroyed
-HICs recover easier
Uneven development: Landlocked
-difficulty trading
-more tax
-reduces profit
-conflict while moving goods
Uneven development: Colonialism
-colonised by europe for cheap labour/resources
-left behind low skilled work force
-exhuasted all natural reserves
Uneven development: conflict
-war
-detroys infrastructure
-child soldiers = no education
disease outbreak
Uneven development: trade
-low value exports = less profit
-corrupt leaders benefit personally
trade deficit
LICs pay more for imports than they get for exports
Uneven development: Over reliance on primary products
-LiCs produce low value products
-primary products value fluctuates due to global market
Consequences for uneven development: uneven distribution of wealth
-Lics cannot afford financial support
-corrupt government
-poor have no access to services/food
Consequences for uneven development: poor healthcare
-shortage of qualified staff
-poorly stocked
-unclean facilities
-rural = little access
Consequences for uneven development: sanitation
-unclean water = disease
-poor knowledge of disease = death
Consequences for uneven development: debt
-lics take loans from world bank
-high interest = struggle to repay them
-repay debt instead of investing in development
Consequences for uneven development: reliance on aid
-will not be able to cope without charities
-Hics face backlash for giving aid when they are in economic crisis themselves
Consequences for uneven development: migration
-search for a better life
-migrants are working age = leave no working force behind
-Hics who help them are faced with shortages
-poor living conditions
-send money back
migrants on HICs
fill skill shortages
-financial burden
Problem with exporting raw materials
-value fluctuates (instable market)
-generate less income
-agriculture = subject to weather
TNC
trans national corporation
-companies that expand into diff countries
purpose of TNCs
-cheap labour
-less strict environmental laws
-incentive from host country
TNCs can help host country
-create jobs
-regular pay
-invest in infrastructure
TNCs can worsen host country
-poor working conditions
-child labour
-accidents
-slums
-oil spills
-use groundwater stores
Industrial development: manufactured goods
-sold at higher price
-value is added to product
-tax
Industrial development: overproduction
-too much of same crop = cheaper
-price is low = producers suffer
Industrial development: import taxes
-EU protects its own farmers by placing tariffs on food imports
-Non eu countries find it hard to make profit
tariff
a customs duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods.
Industrial development: trade
-trade deficit for lics
Industrial development: TNCs
-provide jobs/infrasturcute
Aid: benefits
-support ppl
-trasport projects
-help with health/education
-makes trade connection
Aid: cons
-over reliance
-if withdrawn = decline in GNI
tied aid
-expectations
-UK must donate to keep relations
-LIC must export cheaply
aid
gift of money, goods or services to lics
non governmental aid
-private organisations
-no corruption from government
Tourism: pro
-indirect/ direct jobs
-positive multiplier effect
-increase in tertiary industry
-benefit of climate
Tourism con
-tncs own companies = money leaves country
-education jobs decrease as jobs here are more stable
-overeliance
ways to reduce development gap
-tourism
-aid
-industrial developemnt = more secondary jobs
Fairtrade
-farmers receive a fixed price for produce
-protection againts fluctuation
-wage increases as value does-trade surplus
fairtrade pros
investment in fertilisers, seeds, modern equipment
fairtrade certification system
-acheives fairer wages
-better working conditions
-
strict employment laws
-child labour banned
-higher profits = farmers can send children to sch
-better health/ safety conditions
Intermediate tech eg in tanzania
-hand pump
-better access to water
intermediate tech
sustainable so locals can keep using
-charities (water aid)
debt relief
-less pressure to exploit nature
-financial incentive to protect
-allows more development
conservation swaps
microfinance
-provided by small banks
-helps farmers with crop tech
-borrow small sums
microfinance eg
Grameen bank in bangladesh
-low interest rates
-small villages can develop over time
challenges from tourism
-leakage of profits
-damage to environment
-safety threats (terrorist attacks)
Regional importance of Nigeria
-fastest growing economy
-largest agricultural output
Nigeria: healthcare - sanitation
-urban is 81.6%
-41% better
Nigeria: healthcare - gni
-3% of gni is spent here
Nigeria: healthcare - life expectancy
-61 yrs
Nigeria: healthcare - disease
-waterborne diseases remain high
-better healthacre = slows ebola