Topic 2: Development Dynamics Flashcards
What are the 4 types of measure of development?
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita
Human development index (HDI)
Ginin coefficient
Corruption perceptions index (CPI)
Population pyramids
When a population is developing what would it look like?
A population that is developing would have a a wide base that rapidly narrows.
When a population is being developed what would it look like on a population pyramid?
A developed population would have a the narrowest base but widest top.
When a population is emerging what would it look like on a population pyramid?
When a population is being emerged it would have a base beginning to narrow but a top beginning to widen.
What is Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita?
GDP is the value of goods and services in a country produced in a year divided by it’s population.
What is human development index (HDI)?
It measures key human developments such as life expectancy, access to education, and health care.
What is Corruption perceptions index (CPI)?
CPI is an approximate measure of how the corrupt government is in a nation.
What are the physical factors that cause uneven development?
Poor climate Frequent natural hazards Poor farming land Raw materials Landlocked countries Steep topography
What are the economic factors that cause uneven development?
Lots of national debt
Bad trade links and geographic position
Economy based on primary production
What are the consequences of uneven development?
Large differences in wealth
Large differences in healthcare
Large differences in international migration
Environmental pollution
What process leads to large differences in wealth, health and international migration?
Uneven development
What do we call the concept of colonial exploitation?
Neo-colonisation
Example of neo-colonisation.
Political interference
High interest rates
Dominance of the trading system
Who created the theory of modernisation?
Rostow
How many stages to the theory are there?
5
