changing economic world

changing economic world

1. development: change for better

   • HICs: high income countries
     • around 80 countires classifies to have a high average income. half are sometimes called developed. office work has over taken factory work in these countries.
   • NEEs: newly emerging economies
     • around 80 countries have experienced higher rates of economic growth. TNCs invest. BRICS and MINT are sub groups of NEEs.
   • LICs: low income countries
     • around 30 countries are classified as having a low average income or below. Agriculture still plays a role in their economies.

2. quality of life

   • physical
   • economic
   • psychological
   • social

3. ·

   • stage 1: high rates cancles eachother out
   • stage 1: lack of clean water and war
   • stage 3: MINT and BRICS, more machiences, changing emancipation of women
   • stage 2&3: better education, better standard of living
   • stage 5: japan
   • stage 4&5: people living longer
   • blips: conflict, natural disaster and ageing population (skewing death rate)
   • factors influencing development: empires, conflicts, syria, economies and food price flucuation

4. uneven development

   • causes
     • natural hazard
     • trade
     • alliances
     • climate
     • debt
     • civil war: sends development backwards
     • natural resources
     • colonialism
     • land locked countries (trade harder to reach them)
   • consequences
     • wealth
     • migrations
     • health disparities

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