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- Measuring Economic Development38
- Developed and Developing Countries14
- Economic Development Theories32
- Amartya Sen and the Capability Approach6
- Barriers to Economic Development26
- Poverty: Types, Causes and Measurement31
- Income and Wealth Inequality25
- Poverty in Latin America8
- Poverty Reduction Strategies7
- Economic Development Strategies28
- Trade and Multinational Companies6
- Foreign Aid and Development20
- Technology and Economic Development5
- Sustainable Development Goals7
- Emerging and Developing Economy Case Studies44
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Technological Leapfrogging Technology Promotes Development:The Growth Report 2008 identified key factors for growth; engagement with global economy Specialising exports Transfer of key technologies Of the 13 countries that showed the most susta...
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17.1 The role of domestic factors Education and health: the development of human capital Education and health as fundamental human rights: -everyone should be entitled to receive an education and to have access to services allowing them to achi...
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16. 2 Measuring economic activities The complexity of measuring economic development: Indicators are used: -monitoring how a country develops over time with respect to the attribute measured by the indicator -making comparisons between countries ...
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Industry Region Environment ¬ SME= Small and medium sized firms Criteria(EU)= - firm with 50-250 employees - turnover of between 7-40 £ million - Total assets less than £27 million dominate the production bases in many developing an...
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16.1 Economic growth and economic development Economic growth: -increase in output and incomes over time -often measured on a per capita basis Economic development: -a process that leads to improved standard of living for a population as a whole -a process...
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Part I Economic growth in a country refers to a rise in national or per capita income.Economic development on the other hand is related to "human development". Improvements in: health ,education, and other aspects of human w...
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Untitled Latin America and the caribeanFacts:Life expectancy: 75GNI: 8, 544 USDPopulation: 589.2 milion peopleEmployment ratio: 65%General OverviewThe whoe region share the same lenguage (Brazil and sme former french and GB co...
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Macro hw With reference to Extract 1, explain the difference between absolute and relative poverty. (5 marks) Absolute poverty is a standard which is the same in every country in the world. It is often defined as people not ha...
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Economic Issues Test review Ch. 11 Economic IssuesRostow's Stages of Economic Development1. Traditional Society- agriculture is the most important industry and production is labour intensive 2. Transitional Stage- surpluses for trading...
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Untitled ECONOMICS Notes Key points Parameters of development Different people have different development goals Mix goals of developments National development Conflicting notions of people Basis of comparison Average in...
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Part II Chapter 6 Inequality and povertyHistorical data shows that rising national income will typically lower povertyDistribution of national income also play an important role in reducing poverty.Measuring inequality - what...
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6 - Sustainable Livelihoods Framework The framework exists in order to aid analysis and understand the processes that create sustainable livelihoods. It exists as a tool that should be altered and shaped so that it can be effectively utilized for a purpos...
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Socio_Related_notes Poverty axiomsPoverty Measures to reduce the inequality indices. Focus : A poverty measure should be independent of the income distribution of the non poor. Monotonicity: Remaining other things constant, the decrease ...
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Modern Economic Theory and Development Modern Economic Theories - Development is a process of organisational change than a process of capital accumulation - Fundermentals are not only the deep determinants of economic development - industrial countries dif...
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Law, endowments and property rights Concepts Main ideas: Property rights are crucial for personal welfare and economic development: Prerequisite for voluntary, mutually beneficial exchanges that foster specialisation, innovation and economic growth Prev...
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Untitled Models and Theory Definition: The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini and published in 1912. It is usually used to measure income inequality, but...
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Untitled The International-Dependence Revolution Developing countries face institutional, political and economic rigidities, both on the domestic and the international front and are caught in a dependence and dominance relatio...
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Development Introduction:Development Different persons can have different developmental goals. What may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may even be destructive for the other. For example; a dam may...
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Limits to growth and development Primary product dependency• Comparative advantage – means exports one g/s, imports everything else, so very dependent on one commodity, e.g. Zambia almost 100% dependent on copper. A natural disaster could ruin whole ...
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Development Economics Micro credit"extension of very small loans to poor borrowers who lack steady employment etc."- designed to support entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty- to empower women- to uplift communitiesstrengths: means of esc...
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Characteristics of Less Developed Countries Characteristics of Less Developed Countries 1. Low Income Per PersonPoverty is widespreadThe productive effort is geared towards providing basic needs, such as food, shelter and clothing. Not much is produced with an ...
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Development Aid Development Aid Development aid varies in: Scale Installing a village well Vast irrigation project Financially Small charitable gift Global appeal raising millions of pounds Timescale Short-term e.g. emergency aid Lon...
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Strategies for Economic Development in South Korea - created from Mind Map Outward-orientated economic development strategy government shifted from inward-looking growth strategy of imports to outward-looking strategy of exporting light manufactured goods South Korea used to be dependent on ...
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Economics Development - EDUCATION and TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Means End
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LECTURE 8: The Manufacturing Sector (China) Foreign Investment, The State and Labour in ChinaEconomic development in China – key trends Deng Xiaoping’s market-orientated reforms (1979+)‘Open door’ policies Special economic zones (SEZs) Share of world FDI stock:...
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Understanding development Economic growth an development Economic growth refers to an increase in output and income, often measured on a per capita basis. Economic development refers to a process that leads to improved standard of ...
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How does trade & investment maintain/reduce the development gap? Trade and investment play a key role in the development gap and global wealth distributions. Traditionally trade flows are from the north to the south. Developing countries produce low value primary goods. Increasing ...
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Untitled Rostow's Stages of Growth: economic mechanism by which more investment leads to more growth can be described in terms of the Harrod-Domar Growth Model - save, and if domestic saving is too low increase the foreign aid...
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Sustainable development goals Why Do we need them? UN programme after millenium development goals. To reach targets for the next generation while going hand in hand with sustainable development Few missing in MDGs suc...
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Economic Development and Growth Economic Development Economic development is defined as an increase in output per person, accompanied by a fundamental change in the structure of societyThese changes includeChanges in farming methodsMovement from rur...
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Technological Leapfrogging Technology Promotes Development:The Growth Report 2008 identified key factors for growth; Engagement with global economy Specialising exports Transfer of key technologies Of the 13 countries that showed the most susta...
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Measures Needed for Development in Less Developed Countries_1 Measures Needed for Developing Less Developed Countries Foreign AidDeveloped countries should contribute to the economic development of LDCs.The UN has recommended that developed economies set aside 0.7% of GNP for fo...
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Economic Development - The comparison between FREE MARKET and GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Free) Market Govenrment
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Specification Content The Distribution of Income and Wealth The difference between income and wealth The various factors which influence the distribution of income and wealth The difference between equality and equity in relation to the di...
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Domestic Factors and Economics Development - created from Mind Map Education Improve role of women in society Improve levels of health Health Care Healthier workforce Greater output InfrastructureIncreases ability of economic activity
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Does Economic Growth Lead to Economic Development? - created from Mind Map Higher incomes Higher GDP per capita should lead to improved living standards Depends on how fairly the income is distributed Creation of InequalityEconomic growth leads to increase in inequality Improved economic ind...
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Notes - Block 1 and case studies The UN came up with MDG's (Millennium Development Goals) in 2000 - a global response to economic and social development issues which are: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote ...
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Ways of Promoting Growth and Development Fair Ways of promoting growth and development1. AidAid is the transfer of resources from a developed country to a lower economically developed country.There are two forms:Humanitarian - Generally given in times of cri...
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Poverty UNIT 4 ECO What is poverty and inequality in developed and developing countries?Relative Poverty - lacking enough to enjoy a similar standard of life to the rest of society, they can satisfy basic needs but lower than most of po...
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Conclusion 2.0 Conclusion: I had the struggle this past year of trying to explain to Grandmothers, friends, old teachers, peers, parents and siblings what precisely Global Development Studies entails. This may have been because deve...
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