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WHY ARE SOME PLACES MORE DEVELOPED THAN OTHERS? RAJU J DAS

WHY ARE SOME PLACES MORE DEVELOPED THAN OTHERS? RAJU J DAS. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES. GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS CLIMATE AND LACK OF RESOURCES RELIANCE ON FLOW RESOURCES SPATIAL DISADVANTAGES. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES. DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATE (STAGE 2/3 OF DTM).

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WHY ARE SOME PLACES MORE DEVELOPED THAN OTHERS? RAJU J DAS

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  1. WHY ARE SOME PLACES MORE DEVELOPED THAN OTHERS?RAJU J DAS

  2. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS • CLIMATE AND LACK OF RESOURCES • RELIANCE ON FLOW RESOURCES • SPATIAL DISADVANTAGES

  3. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS • HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATE • (STAGE 2/3 OF DTM)

  4. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • YOUTHFUL AGE STRUCTURE

  5. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • MALTHUSIAN IDEA

  6. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • EVEN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE WILL NOT BE OF MUCH HELP?

  7. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • ASSESSMENT OF THESE THEORIES • ECOLOGICAL/SPATIAL FACTORS CANNOT CAUSE UNDERDEVELOPMENT • POPULATION FACTORS MAY ONLY EXACERBATE TW PROBLEMS BUT CANNOT CAUSE THEM

  8. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • CAPITALISM-CONSUMPTION LINKAGE • UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF SCARCITY

  9. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • THIRD WORLD’ LACK OF TECHNOLOGY

  10. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • CULTURAL MODERNIZATION • DIVISION OF LABOUR NOT DEVELOPED • NOT PROFIT-ORIENTED • DRIVE TO ENHANCE INDIVIDUAL CAREER NOT THERE • LOW EDUCATION LEVEL > RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE AND DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY

  11. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • MORE STRUCTURAL IDEAS • STATUS OF WOMEN

  12. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • ELITE CONTROL OVER RESOURCES UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT • LOW WAGESLIMITED MARKETLIMITED PRODUCTION>LIMITED DEVELOPMENT

  13. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • ELITES OFTEN INVEST ABROAD OR IN PRODUCTION OF LUXURY GOODS

  14. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • POVERTYA LARGE PART OF INCOME SPENT ON FOODLESS SPENT ON SERVICES AND MANUFACTURED GOODS OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS CREATION LIMITED

  15. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • SUBSISTENCE/INFORMAL SECTOR SUBSIDIZING THE COMEMRCIAL/ CORPORATE SECTOR

  16. THEORIES OF INTERNAL CAUSES • FAILED STATE • ELITE CONTROL OVER THE STATE • STATE AS PRIVATE PROPERTY> CORRUPTION [USE OF PUBLIC OFFICES FOR PRIVATE GAIN]

  17. THEORIES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES • COLONIALISM • NEO-COLONIALISM • DEBT->INTEREST PAYMENT • VALUE OF PRIMARY GOODS DOES NOT INCREASE AS MUCH AS THAT OF OTHER GOODS

  18. THEORIES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES • INTERNATIONAL TRADE->TERMS OF TRADE AGAINST THE THIRD WORLD

  19. THEORIES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES • SEE-SAW MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL • AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES • AGGLOMERATION DISECONOMIES

  20. THEORIES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES • GLOBALIZATION & NIDL • LIMITED BENEFITS [SO FAR]

  21. THEORIES OF EXTERNAL CAUSES • …. MORE IN THE GLOBALIZATION DISCUSSION

  22. CONCLUSION • MULTIPLE CAUSES OF UNDER-DEVELOPMENT • THIRD WORLD UNDER-DEVELOPMENT IS A PART OF GEOGRAPHICALLY UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT AT THE GLOBAL SCALE • AGAINST DEVELOPMENTALISM (E.G. ROSTOW)

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