Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mydral's Model of
Cumulative
Causation
- What?
- Offered an explanation for why
regions with lower levels of
development may find it difficult
to break out of an unequal
relationship with more powerful
neighbours.
- Economically powerful areas have
greater access to a larger market and
coompanies to benefit the economy on
a macro (large scale) level.
- Introduction of a new industry
- Creates more jobs
- Also increases purchasing power
- Improved pool of trained labour
- Increases the demand for public
services e.g. schools, healthcare and
shops etc.
- Influx of population
e.g. immigration
- Greater wealth of local people
- Increased income from
taxes and more people
- Increases spending power
available.
- New construction
activity
- Growth of teritary
sector
- Area becomes a
growth pole
- Results in new
invention and innovation
- Attractions of linked
industry
- Backward linkagges to firms supplying raw
materials
- Forward linkages to firms further processing the product.