Topic 2 - Development Dynamics✔️ Flashcards
Population structure - what does a wide base show?
Wide base shows a large number of young people - more pronounced in developing countrys - more people having children as some will die and also need children to help on farms ext - developed country more women choosing to study over have kids
What is birth rate?
Number of births per 1000 people a year
What is death rate?
Number of deaths per 1000 people per year
What is fertility rate?
Average numbe of births per woman in her reproductive life
What is life expectancy?
Average number of years a person can expect to live
What is maternal mortality?
Number of mothers that die per 100,000 in childbirth
Who was Walt Rostow?
An american economist who proposed Rostows Modernisation theory (based on european development) was also anti-communist.
What are the 5 levels of development?
1)Traditional society - least developed
2)Pre-take off society
3)Take of stage
4)drive to maturity
5)high mass consumption - most developed
What are the features of a Traditional society?
most peolple work in agriculture - produce little surplus (extra food to sell) features a subsistence economy (technology is very limited)
What are the features of Pre- Take-off Society?
Shift from farming to manufacturing - trade increases - profit invested into new industries and infrastructure - agrictulture producs cash crops for sale
What are the features of Take of Society?
Growth is rapid - investment and technology create new manufacturing industries (Take-off requires investment from profit earned from overseas trade)
What are the features of Drive to maturity?
Period of growth - technology used throughout the economy with industries producing consumer goods
What are the features of high mass consumption?
Period of comfort - consumers enjoy wide range of goods - societies choose how to spend wealth either on military,education or on luxuries.
What was Rostows belief on capitalsim?
He believed that capitalism was fundamental for economic growth
Criticism of mordernisation theory?
-does not account for climate change - could stop country getting out of stage 1.
-does not specify how long each stage is
What happens to each job sector in Rostows Mordernisation theory as dou try develops?
Primary sector - decreases
Secondary sector - starts increasing then decreasing
Tertiary sector - increases
Who was Andre Frank and what was his model?
1967 Franks an economist developed dependency theory - argued capitalsim was major cause of poverty - based theory on core countrys and periphery countrys
What are core countrys?
Core countrys repersented powerful nations like america and europe
What are peripheral countrys?
Developing countrys like south America
Capitalism benefits the core countries because ….?
Rich countries sell their manufactured goods and services at high prices to developing countries in turn they but raw materials from developing countries at a lot lower price.
Why and how does the periphery depend on the Core?
Periphery and developing countries rely on core countrys for manufactured goods and services
Rich/core countries benefit from the poor by?
Rich/core countries exploit natural resources such as oil, metals, minerals, timbers, tea, coffee for cheap and in turn sell the periphery countrys maufactured goods at a high price
Criticism of Franks model?
-many developing countries were never colonsied still remain poor
-country followed socialist model still remain poor eg Tanzania
What is Franks model based on?
Based on chain of exploitation - begins with small towns in the periphery developing at the expense of surrounding rural ares - core then develops at the expense of small towns
What is bottom up development?
local people and communities decide on ways to improve their own community - non govement organisations often involved (usually small scale intermediate technology)
What is top down development?
Goverment or large oranisations makes descions on how to increases development and direct the project (usually expensive, large projects)
What is the main pro with bottom up development?
- More appropiate in terms of cost and skills
- helps people directly
What are NGO?
Are non goverment organisations - opperates independently of any goverment - typically one whos purpose is to address a social or political issues eg water aid
What are IGO?
Inter governmental organisation aid - an entity created by treaty involving two or more nations to work in good faith on issues of common intrests eg world bank