Development Gap And Jamaica Flashcards
(26 cards)
Development meaning
Improving people’s quality of life through better use of resources
What does the HDI take into consideration (human development index)
Life expectancy at birth
Number of years of education
GNI per head
Things to measure development
Infant mortality
Literacy rate
Education years
Access to clean water
Life expectancy
GDP
GNI
Limitations of development measures
Data could be out of date or hard to collect
Government corruption may mean that data is unreliable
Example of stage 3 country in DTM
India
Stage 4 country in DTM
France
stage 5 country in DTM
Germany
Stage 2 country in DTM
Afghanistan
What is occurring in stage 1 of DTM
High birth rate and death rate
Both fluctuating and population pretty stable
Stage 2 of DTM
Death rate increase
Birth rate remains high
Natural increase occurs and population growing
Stage 3 of DTM
Birth rate drops rapidly
Death rate continues to decrease but slowly
Population still grows but not as fast
Stage 4 of DTM
Low birth rate
Low death rate
Birth rate tends to fluctuate depending on economic situation
Stage 5 of DTM
Birth rate falls very low and below death rate
Death rate increases slightly because of ageing population
Total population starts to decrease and natural decrease occurs
Causes of uneven development
If landlocked - location
Natural disasters
Climate
Natural resources
What is an emigrant
A person who loves out of a country
What is migration
Movement of people from place to place
What is a refugee
A person forced to move out their country of origin often as a result of if a civil war it natural disaster
Displaced person meaning
A person forced to move from their home but stays in their country of origin
How can we reduce the development gap
Aid
Fair trade
Micro finance loans
Debt relief
Example to of trade
Cocoa from Ghana
What is free trade
When counties do not charge tariffs and quotas to restrict their production
What are tariffs
Taxes paid on imports
What are quotas
Limits on the quantity of goods that can be imported
Location of Jamaica
An island nation found in the Caribbean Sea, and it is south of Cuba
