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Economic Development

Economic Development. 4 – North South Divide Stages of Development. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 7. Starter. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography. 1.

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Economic Development

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  1. Economic Development 4 – North South Divide Stages of Development Economic Development

  2. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 Starter

  3. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 1 What does GDP per Capita mean?

  4. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 2 Give three reasons why an MEDC such as the UK has such a low Birth Rate

  5. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 3 What does infant mortality rate measure?

  6. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 4 Give three reasons why some LEDCs have high death rates.

  7. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 5 What must there be for there to be a natural increase in population in a country?

  8. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 6 Give two reasons why Adult Literacy rates are low in some LEDC countries

  9. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 7 Explain why many people in LEDC countries work in agriculture.

  10. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 8 Give three reasons why birth rates in some LEDC countries are so high.

  11. Jason Wood for TOPS Top 10 Geography in conjunction with www.sln.org.uk/geography 9 Give two reasons why measuring the % of a population who are car owners might be a good way of measuring development

  12. Lesson Objectives • To understand that the world can be divided into the rich north and poor south. Economic Development

  13. outh frica S S pain A U E nited States gypt N igeria J apan S audi Arabia C ameroon

  14. Copy the North/South divide onto your map • Using the map on page 162 and an atlas, find and label; • - 5 MEDCs • - 5 LEDCs • 3. Do you think this is a fair way to split the world? • Are there any countries that fall on the wrong side of the line? Why? e.g., China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, parts of S.Africa Why???

  15. Is this what you would expect in a country like Russia?

  16. Is a heavy reliance on agriculture an indicator of the level of development?

  17. Is this more the sort of image we associate with indicators of development?

  18. Or is it this?

  19. Stages of Development Economic Development

  20. Success Criteria • What are LDC’s? • What can make a country a LDC? Economic Development

  21. LDC’s 9 Djibouti 26 Senegal 10 Equatorial Guinea 27 Sierra Leone 11 Eritrea 28 Somalia 12 Ethiopia # 29 Sudan 13 Gambia 30 Togo 14 Guinea 31 Uganda # 15 Guinea-Bissau * 32 United Republic of Tanzania 16 Lesotho # 33 Zambia # 17 Liberia Asia (15) 1 Afghanistan # 9 Nepal # 2 Bangladesh 10 Samoa * 3 Bhutan # 11 Solomon Islands * 4 Cambodia 12 Timor-Leste * 5 Kiribati * 13 Tuvalu * 6 Lao People’s Democratic Republic # 14 Vanuatu * 7 Maldives * 15 Yemen 8 Myanmar Africa (33) 1 Angola 18 Madagascar 2 Benin 19 Malawi # • Burkina Faso # 20 Mali # 4 Burundi # 21 Mauritania 5 Central African Republic # 22 Mozambique 6 Chad # 23 Niger # 7 Comoros * 24 Rwanda # 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 São Tomé and Príncipe * Economic Development

  22. NIC’s NIC’s are countries whose economies have not yet reached MEDC status but are out developing similar countries NIC’s are usually undergoing rapid economic growth (usually export-oriented). NIC’s usually share some other common features, including: • Increased civil rights • Strong political leaders. • A switch from agricultural to industrial economies • Increasingly free trade with countries in the world. • Large international corporations setting up in the country. • Lowered poverty rates. • NIC’s often receive support from outside organisations or other countries. Economic Development

  23. Rostow Model

  24. Problems with the Rostow Model

  25. Dividing the World • The world is often divided into the following; • Rich Industrialised Economies • e.g., Germany • Oil Exporting Economies • e.g., Saudi Arabia • Indebted poor countries e.g., Jamaica • Former communist countries e.g., Russia • Newly Industrialised Countries e.g., Malaysia

  26. How well have you done? Yes! I have understood fully and have made good progress. I have done ok but I am still unsure of some of it. Help! I don’t understand it. Economic Development

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