Case study: implications of dependency in LEDCS

Question 1

What is the most prevalent kind of dependency in LEDCs?

Answer 1

Youth dependency

Question 2

What are the 3 economic implications of youth dependency?

Answer 2

Cost of service provision
Labour force
Informal employment

Question 3

Cost of service provision

Answer 3

Education of children, healthcare etc. is costly to LEDC governments due to their limited revenue

Question 4

Labour force

Answer 4

A large labour force is available, hence, why “Multinational Corporations” locate themselves in LEDCs to take advantage of the large supply and low wages they will work for.

Question 5

Informal employment

Answer 5

It is difficult for people who live in slums to access formal employment, so instead they turn to the unregulated, unsafe and low paid shadow sector

Question 6

What are 2 social implications of youth dependency?

Answer 6

Education

Healthcare/housing/food

Question 7

Education

Answer 7

Countries with large youth dependent populations need to invest large amounts of money into education but have little money. Most children are unskilled as a result.

Question 8

Healthcare/housing/food

Answer 8

Supply is exceeded by the demand, so most people are left in poverty

Question 9

What are 2 political implications of youth dependency?

Answer 9

Fertility policies

Government priorities

Question 10

Fertility policy

Answer 10

Controlling population size to reduce stress on system e.g. one child policy in China

Question 11

Government priorities

Answer 11

Careful decisions need to be made in regards to resource allocation