the changing economic world Flashcards
(41 cards)
define development
positive change that makes things better for society. as a country develops, it usually means the standard of living is a better quality
define birth rate
the number of births per year per 1000 people
define death rate
the number of deaths per year per 1000 people
define adult literacy rate
the percentage of the population that can read or write over the age of 15
define quality of life
the general well being of a person or society, denied by terms of health or happiness, rather than wealth
Define standard of living
the level of wealth available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographical area
name limitations of development measures
- data can be out of date or hard to collect e.g during a war
- some measures change quicker than others as a country develops e.g death rate which can mislead people
- some indications show a good quality of life but these may be skewed upward by city dwellers and not represent what life is like in rural areas
what is the DTM
Demographic Transition Model:
a predicted graph to show how a country’s population changes overtime
what three things does a DTM measure?
- birth rate
- death rate
- total population
what stage of the DTM would you find the UK
Stage 4 - low stationary
How do population pyramids link to DTM
the population pyramids represents the stages on the DTM
State 2 historical factors of uneven development
- conflict (government may be corrupt)
- Colonisation
State 4 physical factors of uneven development
- Landlocked
- Poor climate
- Poor farming land
- Few raw materials
- Lots of natural hazards
State 3 economic factors of uneven development
- Debt
- Economy based on primary products
- Poor trade links
State ways how to reduce the development gap
- Fairtrade
- Debt Relief
- Investment
- Industrial development
- Tourism
- Aid
- Microfinance loans
- Intermediate technology
Where is Jamaica
Located in North America, one of the caribbean islands and it is in the south of Cuba. 800km from Miami
How is Jamaica reducing the development gap economically?
- Tourism earned 24% of Jamaica’s total GNI
- Income from tourism US$2 billion
- 2032: predicted to earn 32% of Jamaica’s total GNI
- Cruise tourism has increased to 1.1 mln
How is Jamaica reducing the development gap socially
- Tourism employees learn new skills which improve their prospects in the future
- Employee’s quality of life has improved thanks to increased wages
- tourist income has been used to improve infrastructure
Are all the effects of reducing the development gap in Jamaica positive
No
- Few locals work in highest paid tourist jobs
- all inclusive tourists don’t contribute much to the local economy
- Cruise tourists only spend $70/person/day. This is HALF what the other 2.5 mln visitors spend
Location of Nigeria
- located in Africa
- North of the equator
- neighbouring countries: cameroon, niger, chad and Benin
How is Nigeria important to the rest of the world
- By 2050 Nigeria should be in the top 20 largest economies
- in 2014, nigeria became the worlds largest growing economy
- Nigeria is also contributing to the global financial services, telecoms and media
what is a primary industry
they produce raw materials for industries e.g farming
what is a secondary industry
they take the raw materials produced by the primary escort and process them into manufactured goods and products
What is a tertiary industry
involved the selling of services and skills
