Uneven development on a global scale

Question 1

Why LDC need aid

Answer 1

• low standards of living
• poor quality of life
• lack of food ie. Ethiopia, thousands starving
• lack of basic healthcare, many die from widespread diseases

Question 2

International cooperation

Answer 2

• Aim: alleviate uneven development on an international scale
• diff countries work tgt by forming international organizations
• provision of aid/help in form of financial or technical assistance

Question 3

World Bank

Answer 3

• provide loans to countries of world
• low or no interest
• enable LDC to finance capital projects to improve level of development
• improving sanitation, water supply
• e.g. Indonesia, Sleepy Tirtomoyo (village)
• severe water shortage, dig underground well with machines, piping network installed
• clean and reliable water supply, improved health

Question 4

Asian development bank (ADB)

Answer 4

• 68 member countries
• monetary loans, tech assistance
• e.g. Bangladesh
• support education development
• increase ALR, more skills and knowledge, more competent workforce , higher paying jobs, more income, higher S/L, quality of life