Source country trends Flashcards
1
Q
Natural increase
A
-Low DR
-High BR
-High natural increase
=
-fewer job opportunities
-pressure on welfare services and resources
2
Q
GDP per capita
A
- Generally low-around 2-4k (Somalia only $400)
- High debt levels or dependent on aid
- Government has little money for investment
3
Q
Infant mortality
A
- Around 50-60 years
- Around 5-10% of babies die before age 1
- poor medical care
- economically active time is small
4
Q
Population density and median age
A
- 17-20 years old (low)
- Low pd (still overpopulated due to no resources)
- Lots of people who are economically active but not enough jobs to support them
5
Q
Location Climate
A
- High average temperatures
- Low Average rainfall
- Dr/dessert in North
- Southern countries more tropical
- Desertification-Land locked = hard to trade and export
6
Q
Resources and industries
A
- Some oil or precious metals (primary based industries)
- Oil taken out by western countries
7
Q
Problems
A
- conflicts
- Terrorist problems
- Unstable governments
- Little foreign investment
- no tourism
- young men involved in conflict= death
8
Q
Literacy rate
A
- Crazy low
- poor education
- Little understanding of health and disease
- Open to expolitation
