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Development and globalization
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- 1GDP Gross domestic Productthe total amount of goods produced by a country across the world
- 2GNPThe total value of goods produced in one country by that country
- 3HDI human development indexMeasured using 3 statistics:
Life Expectancy
Literacy Rate
Standard of living - 4MDC'smost well developed countries e.g. US
- 5Developing countriesones undergoing development- e.g. Malaysia
- 6LDC'sLeast developed countries- e.g. Ethiopia
- 7NIC'sNewly industrialized countries- have just finished development in the past 10 years- e.g China
- 8RIC'sRecently industrialized countries- further behind than NIC's- e.g. Dubai
- 9Centrally planned economiesThe few remaining communist countries- e.g. North Korea
- 10Oil Rich countriesSaudi Arabia
- 11GlobalizationThe increased inter connection in the worlds economic, cultural and political systems.
- 12Global ShiftManufacturing gone from developed countries to lower wage economies
- 13Asian TigersTaiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore
- 14Emerging BRIC EconomiesBrazil, Russia, India & China
- 15NIC Case studyChina
- 16Case study for a country in a low level of developmentBangladesh
- 17Grameen BankA micro finance organisation and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to poor
- 18Why are trade blocks made?To further socio economic development
To increase alliances and trade
To allow free movement
To prevent war - 19Free trade areasTariffs and quotas are reduced on goods between members and restrictions are put in place for goods coming in to the area e.g. NAFTA
- 20Customs Unions-Tariff on imports from the outside the group e.g. Mercosur
- 21Common Markets-like customs unions but with grater freedom of movement and labor and capital
- 22TNC'sTransnational Corporations
Companies that operate in two or more countries - 23Service Sector-Economic activity that does not produce goods but provides services
- 24Offshore Outsourcingthe practice of hiring an external organisation to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the products or services are developed or manufactured
- 25TNC case studyInfosys- Bangalore
- 26Bilateral Aid-From government to government
- 27Multilateral Aid-Collective governments donate to an organisation who then distributes it to suffering countries
- 28Voluntary Aid-small NGOs send workers to help
- 29Ways aid can be delivered Tied aidLimit the power of nations and may eventually cause resentment
- 30Ways aid can be delivered Short term aidFollowing an emergency- e.g. earthquake
Rescue operations - 31Ways aid can be delivered Long term development projectsimproving food availability and farming methods
- 32Ways aid can be delivered Top down aid'throwing' money at a country allowing them to get on with it
- 33Ways aid can be delivered Bottom upMost helpful to the community- small scale
- 34RIC case studyDubai
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