Development

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SARS

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome( a type of flu)

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Globalisation

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Systems linking all the countries of the world closer together.

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Liberalisation ( of trade )

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Allowing more freedom

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Transnational/ Multinational corporations (MNCs)

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Large companies operating in countries across the world

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Communist (communism)

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Political system based on the beliefs of Lenin and Marx where everyone is equal and workers control industry and business

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Socialist (socialism)

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Political system in which industry and trade are owned and controlled by the state. In theory, everyone has an equal opportunity to benefit from the country’s wealth

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Peasantry

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Subsistence farmers or small-scale farmers using family labour and basic technology

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Gender

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Male or female; way in which a society/culture treats men and women

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Gender Inequality Index (GII)

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UN index indicating degree of equality/ inequality between men and women in a country

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Informal sector

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Self employed people trading goods on the street or working from home/ back-yard workshops. Not part of the formal economic sector

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Permaculture

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Type of agriculture that meets people’s needs in a sustainable way

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Environmental impact assessment

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A study undertaken to assets the impact on the environment of a development project

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Carbon Emmisions

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Gasses containing carbon dioxide that pollute the atmosphere

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Carbon footprint

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The quantity of carbon gases a person contributes to the pollution of the atmosphere throughhis/her daily lifestyle

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Partnership

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A relationship between two or more organisations

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Equity

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Equal treatment to everyone

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Green economy

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An economy that does not damage the environment

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Tender

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A formal offer stating how much a company will charge to supply goods and/ or do a job

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Food security

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When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe,nutritious food to maintain a healthy active lifestyle

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Agroprocessing

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Industries that process agricultural products e.g. Making sugar from sugar cane

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Beneficiation

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To treat and use a mineral so that the ‘ benefits’ stay in the home country as opposed to exporting a mineral and then importing (at a greater expence) the manufactured product

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Knowledge economy

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Economic activities based on knowledge-intensive activities e.g. Research

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RDP(Reconstruction and Development Programme)

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A government plan to rebuild and develop South Africa after the end of apartheid

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Aid

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Help/ assistance (for example food , medicines, money, technology) given by one country (or organisation) to another country

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Humanitarian

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(Adjective) To help people, to prevent pain and suffering

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Capital Intensive

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Requiring a lot of money