Consequences of Uneven Development

Food and Water Security

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• As a country develops, the risk of food and water scarcity decreases.
• Technology improvements can help with irrigation and running water schemes.
• Developed countries that do not have enough food can afford to import food from elsewhere.

Access to Housing

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• In undeveloped area, houses are usually poor-quality and without sanitation and water.
• In developed areas, houses have a fresh water supply and sanitation.

Health

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• The higher the level of development in an area, the smaller the ratio between people and doctors.
• Education increases the amount of doctors in a country.
• Areas with higher levels of development have more hospitals and infrastructure to research new medicines and treatments.

Education

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• Literacy levels relate directly to development.
• Higher GDP means that more people can afford to go to school and university.

Employment

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• Those working in developing countries tend to work in the primary sector.
• As a country develops, people move into different sectors of work.
• In developed countries the majority of the working population work in tertiary or quaternary industry.
• Education yields more and better jobs.

Technology

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• As a country develops, it has more money to invest into technology and infrastructure.
• One of the ways to look at development is to look at the amount of people connected to the internet in a country.