The consequences of the development gap

Impact on people in poor countries
1. The development gap has social, economic, environmental and political consequences for people in the most disadvantaged countries, but th precise impacts vary.
2. Urban and rural areas are often affected differently. Remote rural communities experience the worst effects of the cycle of poverty which is rooted in the ability to produce enough food.
3. The incidence of poverty in the developing world is declining in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa.
4. Castes
  1. The development gap can create differences not just between the rich and poor, but also between groups such as castes in India or between males and females in the same country
  2. A study of 300 people in the rural villages in the coastal districts of Nellore and East Godavari, in India's Andhra Pradesh state
5. Women
Mega cities and the development gap
1. Housing
2. Deprivation
3. Environment
4. Dhaka
Social and political unrest
1. Apartheid in South Africa
2. East Timor
The consequences of development
1. Migration
  1. Ecuador
2. Environment
3. Pollution in Chins

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