Development Dynamics Flashcards
(18 cards)
3 different ways to describe development.
Social: Improvement quality of life, social well being and social justice.
Economic: Looks at the total value of goods and services provided/ income of a country.
Political: Looks at the levels of democracy and freedom of speech.
How do you measure development GDP per capita and HDI?
Gross Domestic Product:
Total value of goods and services produced in a year.
Human Development Index:
Advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring development.
GDP per capita doesn’t show the poorer and richer people.
GDP per capita shows the overall amount of money.
HDI doesn’t
How has the history of colonialism caused global inequality?
India
How have social factors (spending on education and health) caused global inequality?
B
How have environmental factors (climate and topography) caused global inequality?
B
How have economic and political factors (international relations and the government in the country) caused global inequality?
B
What are the consequences of global inequality?
B
How does Rostow’s modernisation theory (5 stages) explain how and why countries develop over time?
B
How does Frank’s dependency theory (core-periphery model) explain how and why countries develop over time?
B
Characteristics of top-down development strategies.
B
Characteristics of bottom-up development strategies.
B
How are top-down and bottom-up different?
B
What is globalisation?
B
How have TNC’s and Governments helped globalisation to occur?
B
Why have some countries benefited more than others from globalisation?
B
Advantages and disadvantages of using top-down development schemes.
B
Advantages and disadvantages of using bottom-up development schemes.
B
