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Paper 2: NEEs and the Development Gap Flashcards

1
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average years of schooling

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average amount of formal schooling received within a country

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HDI human development index

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-A score between 0-1
-combines a range of indicators social/economic
-higher score = greater development

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GDP

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value of all finished goods/services produced within a country’s borders

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development

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promoting sustainable development to reduce poverty/inequality
-improve quality of life

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Limitations of using GNI per capita to measure development

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-income isn’t divided equally between = suggests average but isnt
population-always measured in USD
-informal sectors

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birth rate

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number of children born per 1000 per yr

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death rate

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number of deaths per 1000 per yr

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natural change

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birth rate - death rate
-refers to population

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as the country develops

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-birth rates decrease
-death rates decrease

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Uneven development: climate

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-Saharan Africa limited crop growth
-lack of water to be used

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Uneven development: natural hazards

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-earthquake risks
effect businesses
-services are destroyed
-HICs recover easier

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Uneven development: Landlocked

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-difficulty trading
-more tax
-reduces profit
-conflict while moving goods

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Uneven development: Colonialism

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-colonised by europe for cheap labour/resources
-left behind low skilled work force
-exhuasted all natural reserves

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Uneven development: conflict

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-war
-detroys infrastructure
-child soldiers = no education
disease outbreak

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Uneven development: trade

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-low value exports = less profit
-corrupt leaders benefit personally

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trade deficit

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LICs pay more for imports than they get for exports

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Uneven development: Over reliance on primary products

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-LiCs produce low value products
-primary products value fluctuates due to global market

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Consequences for uneven development: uneven distribution of wealth

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-Lics cannot afford financial support
-corrupt government
-poor have no access to services/food

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Consequences for uneven development: poor healthcare

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-shortage of qualified staff
-poorly stocked
-unclean facilities
-rural = little access

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Consequences for uneven development: sanitation

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-unclean water = disease
-poor knowledge of disease = death

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Consequences for uneven development: debt

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-lics take loans from world bank
-high interest = struggle to repay them
-repay debt instead of investing in development

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Consequences for uneven development: reliance on aid

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-will not be able to cope without charities
-Hics face backlash for giving aid when they are in economic crisis themselves

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Consequences for uneven development: migration

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-search for a better life
-migrants are working age = leave no working force behind
-Hics who help them are faced with shortages
-poor living conditions
-send money back

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migrants on HICs

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fill skill shortages
-financial burden

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Problem with exporting raw materials

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-value fluctuates (instable market)
-generate less income
-agriculture = subject to weather

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TNC

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trans national corporation
-companies that expand into diff countries

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purpose of TNCs

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-cheap labour
-less strict environmental laws
-incentive from host country

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TNCs can help host country

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-create jobs
-regular pay
-invest in infrastructure

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TNCs can worsen host country

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-poor working conditions
-child labour
-accidents
-slums
-oil spills
-use groundwater stores

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Industrial development: manufactured goods

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-sold at higher price
-value is added to product
-tax

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Industrial development: overproduction

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-too much of same crop = cheaper
-price is low = producers suffer

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Industrial development: import taxes

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-EU protects its own farmers by placing tariffs on food imports
-Non eu countries find it hard to make profit

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tariff

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a customs duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods.

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Industrial development: trade

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-trade deficit for lics

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Industrial development: TNCs

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-provide jobs/infrasturcute

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Aid: benefits

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-support ppl
-trasport projects
-help with health/education
-makes trade connection

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Aid: cons

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-over reliance
-if withdrawn = decline in GNI

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tied aid

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-expectations
-UK must donate to keep relations
-LIC must export cheaply

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aid

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gift of money, goods or services to lics

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non governmental aid

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-private organisations
-no corruption from government

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Tourism: pro

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-indirect/ direct jobs
-positive multiplier effect
-increase in tertiary industry
-benefit of climate

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Tourism con

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-tncs own companies = money leaves country
-education jobs decrease as jobs here are more stable
-overeliance

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ways to reduce development gap

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-tourism
-aid
-industrial developemnt = more secondary jobs

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Fairtrade

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-farmers receive a fixed price for produce
-protection againts fluctuation
-wage increases as value does-trade surplus

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fairtrade pros

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investment in fertilisers, seeds, modern equipment

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fairtrade certification system

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-acheives fairer wages
-better working conditions
-

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strict employment laws

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-child labour banned
-higher profits = farmers can send children to sch
-better health/ safety conditions

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Intermediate tech eg in tanzania

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-hand pump
-better access to water

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intermediate tech

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sustainable so locals can keep using
-charities (water aid)

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debt relief

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-less pressure to exploit nature
-financial incentive to protect
-allows more development

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conservation swaps

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52
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microfinance

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-provided by small banks
-helps farmers with crop tech
-borrow small sums

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microfinance eg

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Grameen bank in bangladesh
-low interest rates
-small villages can develop over time

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challenges from tourism

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-leakage of profits
-damage to environment
-safety threats (terrorist attacks)

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Regional importance of Nigeria

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-fastest growing economy
-largest agricultural output

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Nigeria: healthcare - sanitation

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-urban is 81.6%
-41% better

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Nigeria: healthcare - gni

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-3% of gni is spent here

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Nigeria: healthcare - life expectancy

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-61 yrs

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Nigeria: healthcare - disease

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-waterborne diseases remain high
-better healthacre = slows ebola

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Nigeria: healthcare - drs

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-drs per 1000 = 0.38

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Nigeria: Weather/ Climate - lagos

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-rainfall seasons - peak 300mm
-hot temps - 25.c
-uneven patterns

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Nigeria: Weather/ Climate - south

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-closer to equator
-temps/rainfall higher
-tropical climate

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Nigeria: Weather/ Climate - north

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-hot temps
-lower rainfall

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Nigeria: Landscape - mandra mountains

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  • provide a natural border for nigeria/cameroon
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Nigeria: Landscape - soil

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-fertile soil = crop growth

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Nigeria: Landscape - rainforest/savannah

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-cleared for agriculture

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Nigeria: Landscape - location

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5-12 north of equator

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Nigeria: climate -

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tropical rainforest climate

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Nigeria: Education - rural

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-girls attendance is low

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Nigeria: Education - number of ppl who attend sch

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61%

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Nigeria: Education - literacy rate

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71% for men
53% for women

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Nigeria: Education - average yrs of schooling

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9 yrs

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Nigeria: Education - investment

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-free for primary

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Nigeria: Education - books

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-economic and culture barriers for resources

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Nigeria: Demographic - south

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-igbo + yoruba
-christian
-richer

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Nigeria: Demographic - north

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-muslim (havsa)
-political unrest

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Nigeria: Demographic - financial inequality

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-south is richer
-capital city is in south
-lagos is the trading port

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Nigeria: Demographic - elderly

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-growing

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Nigeria: Demographic - working age

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large

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Nigeria: Demographic - fertility rates

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-high
-won’t change until women start working

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Nigeria: Demographic - ethnic group

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-250 diff ones
-all diff languages

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Nigeria: Demographic - average age

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-18.1 yrs

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Nigeria: Demographic - population

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-7th most in the world
-by 2100, 800 mill

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Nigeria: Urban economic profile - industries

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-nollywood
-agriculture
-owns 4 largest mobile networks in africa = telecoms will grow

85
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Nigeria: Demographic - rapid population increase

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-1950 to 2022 = 180 mill increase
-2.5 mill each yr

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Nigeria: Urban economic profile - lagos

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-financial centre

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Nigeria: Urban economic profile - services

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-shops are mainly in major cities

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Nigeria: Urban economic profile -tertiary

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increase in service jobs

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - exports

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-oil

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - with who?

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-china
-india
-brazil

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - main trade partner

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south africa
-second largest economy in africa

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - imports

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-vehicles
-machinery

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - economy

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-africa’s largest
-$4900 per cpaita = GDP

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - agriculture

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-exports are rising
-due to better strategies

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Nigeria: Trading relationships - low value imports

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-from LICs

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Nigeria: History - 1998

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-democracy introduced
-still corruption

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Nigeria: History - north

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-boko haram = oppose female education
-ppl flee

98
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Nigeria: History - boko haram

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terrorist group
-17000 ppl killed

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Nigeria: History - formation

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1800s

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Nigeria: History - independence

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1960

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Nigeria: History - british empire

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-unbalanced trade with them

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Nigeria: History - civil war

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-lots of conflict
-military dictatorship after independence

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Nigeria: Rural/Urban population -

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-rapid growth in urban
-due to migration
-child birth rate

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Nigeria: Rural/Urban population - number in cities

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52.5%

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Nigeria: History -

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106
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Nigeria: rural economic profile - north

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-drier
-grows peanuts
-less valuable

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Nigeria: rural economic profile - agriculture

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30% of workforce

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Nigeria: rural economic profile - south

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-rainforest is cleared
- to grow cocoa and palm oil plants = cash crops

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Nigeria: rural economic profile - industry

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primary

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Nigeria: rural economic profile - crude oil

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-highest value export

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Nigeria: rural economic profile - oil

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largest oil field in south

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Shell Nigeria - economic pros

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-employs over 6000 jobs
-positive multiplier effect
-industries associated with oil = 250 000 jobs
-higher wages = higher tax
-billions in exports = investment

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114
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Shell Nigeria - economic cons

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-most of nigeria delta’s residents rely on subsistence farming/ fishing as livelihood

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Shell Nigeria - social pros

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-government said no compensation to villages whose water supplies were contaminated

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Shell Nigeria - economic cons - jobs

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-higher paid jobs are ppl from TNCs

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Dangote Cement company: Construction: development

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-cheaper employees
-more profit
-cheaper supply of cement

118
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Dangote Cement company: nigerian citizens

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-producing manufactured goods in country = less imports
- cheaper goods
-better availability

119
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Dangote Cement company: government

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-Nigerian TNCs = larger influence over Africa
-more GNI

120
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trade deficit meaning

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-value of exports are less than value of imports
-losing money

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trade surplus

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value of exports is more than value of imports
-gaining moeny

122
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Nigeria + China = support trade

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-china will provide better infrastructure
-HEP
-NIgeria give oil discounted

123
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tariff free =

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more profit

124
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china will build

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bullet train in nigeria
-to transport goods

125
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Slum growth

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-rapid industrialisation
-low quality housing

126
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slum growth impact

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-lack of access to services
-contaminated water = disease
-

127
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car ownership effect

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heavy traffic

128
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socio economic divide eg

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slums
and dangote living on banana island

129
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oil spills effect

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-fish are poisoned
-kill mangrove trees = loss of food/shelter for animals

130
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oil spills

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-common in delta
-chemicals mix into groundwater

131
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oil spills laws

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-less strict
-more tncs
-financial penalties are less severe

132
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oil spill cleanup

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expensive
-less money spent on safety precaution

133
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oil in silt

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-destroy ecosystems

134
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oil spill figure

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-since 1950, 13 million barrels of oil have been spilt

135
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Traffic

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-more wealth = more cars
-heavy traffic

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traffic figure

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5 million vehicles on rd everyday

137
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traffic - lagos

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-residents spend 30 hrs a week in traffic
-less working hrs
-low quality of life for commuters

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traffic - type of car

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-old
-produce lots of co2

139
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traffic exhaust fumes

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-nitrogen oxides
-respiratory disease
-sulfur dioxide = acid rain

140
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water pollution

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–chemicals dumped in soil/water
=dangerous levels of iron/nitrates in food/water
-crop failure = loss of income

141
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air pollution

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-main cause of maternal mortality
-factories/cars increase

142
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Inequalities: school

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-less rural children attend

143
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Inequalities: access to running water

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-80% in urban
-30% in rural
-women/children walk miles = no sch

144
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Inequalities: wealth

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  • 5 richest men = 29.9 bill
    -180 mill are poor
145
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Inequalities: wage

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-46% are on 1.9 USD a day
-minimum wage laws aren’t followed

146
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Inequalities: tax

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-political corruption
-unfair

147
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Inequalities: illiteracy

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148
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Inequalities: investment

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more in south
-near capital

149
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Inequalities: rural labour force

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-79% are women
-5 times less likely to own land than men

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