Development Dynamics Flashcards
What is the Geni Coefficiant?
Measures the extent to which the distribution of income is unequal within a country and how it changes over time.
It is a ratio with values between 0-1. A coefficient of 1 would mean one person has all the money and a score of 0 would mean everybody had the same amount. The UKs, for instance, is 0.332.
Developed country
A country with a high human development
Emerging country
A country with a medium to high development.
Developed country
A country with a high development
Hy is Malawi struggling to break the poverty cycle?
Malwai is …
- landlocked
- no ports to export of import goods
- railway is low tech and very slow
- nearest coast is 800km away
- delivery exports are slow and delay income
- the imports come on the return train; making it expensive
Malwai’s integration with Global trade and international relation
- EU charges 7.5 % on tariffs that are roasted, not raw; saving them money
- world trade organisations tries to make trade easier for Malawi
- they get countries to agree that goods are tariff free
How is climate affecting Malawi?
- rainfall decrease
- rainfall season has been short and 4 rivers dried up
- as the rivers dry, the crops die
- 10,000 families made homeless by floods
Pollution is affecting Malwai….
- Pollution increasing due to dust, industrial smoke etc.
- People are living in dryer conditions
- water supplies decrease
- squatter settlements increase due to bad conditions
Colonisation and cash crop in Malawi?
- 80% of its population work in farming and they deoend on cash crops.
- hire local landless labours
- tea is sold to the global market
- crops sold
How terms of trade affect Malawi
- Malawi imports cost more than exports
- reason for poor trade is Malawi exports prime products
- sold resources to develop countries
Where is Malawi?
Located below the equator, in south east africa.
HDI of Malawi?
2014 stats shows Malawi’s HDI to be 0.445
