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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. Economic Activity - Key Ideas. Activities contributing to the economy of a country are divided into 3 sectors:. PRIMARY. SECONDARY. TERTIARY. Extractive. Manufacturing. Services.

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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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  1. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

  2. Economic Activity - Key Ideas • Activities contributing to the economy of a country are divided into 3 sectors: PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY Extractive Manufacturing Services • Data usually shows the % of a country’s workforce that is employed in each of the sectors. This is known as the EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE of a country

  3. Employment structure data is often used as a development indicator because it shows clear differences between MEDCs and LEDCs “Typical” LEDC = ?? Dominated by primary employment eg Burkina Faso P = 87%S = 5%T = 8% “Typical” MEDC = ?? Mainly tertiary employment eg France P = 5%S = 20%T = 75% 4. As countries develop, their employment structures change eg Egypt in 1900 P = 71%S = 10%T = 19% Egypt in 2000 P = 42%S = 21%T = 37%

  4. LEDCs developing today do not necessarily follow the same route through the sectors as current MEDCs did when they developed Eg the ‘Asian Tiger’ NICs* of the Pacific Rim (eg South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia etc) * = ? Newly Industrialised Countries Secondary sector often less significant in employment terms, but wrong to say that there is no mnfg~ in NICs Reasons?Technological innovation, expansion of world trade 6. Sectoral change leaves problems in its wake eg the decline of coal mining in the UK eg deindustrialisation in MEDCs (manufacturing decline) eg the role of multinational corporations in LEDCs

  5. Displaying The Data A brilliant device – the triangular graph – is used % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  6. How Do You Read These Graphs?

  7. How Do You Read These Graphs? Primary %

  8. How Do You Read These Graphs? Primary % Secondary %

  9. How Do You Read These Graphs? Primary % Secondary % Tertiary %

  10. Now Put Your Finger On It! Point to P 20S 30T 50 % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  11. Now Put Your Finger On It! Oh Yes! % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  12. Now Put Your Finger On It! Now try P 10S 70T 20 % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  13. Now Put Your Finger On It! Now try P 10S 70T 20 Yes Indeed! % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  14. Now Put Your Finger On It! One more… P 60S 0T 40 % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

  15. Now Put Your Finger On It! Holy Cow, Batman! It’s right! % Primary % Secondary % Tertiary

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