The Changing economic worlds

• HDI:

  • life expectancy
  • literacy rate
  • Gross national income
• Factors influencing global development

  • climate / landscapes
  • debt
  • war
  • raw materials
• reducing the development gap:

  • Investment - Large companies can invest. which helps because companies can build factories, lay roads and install internet cables.
  • Fairtrade - paying producers a reasonable price for the goods that they produce
  • Debt relief - debts are either reorganised to make them more manageable, or reduced
• Migration push and pull factors

  PUSH - conflict , lack of services, natural hazards, political instability

  PULL - high wages / opportunities for jobs , free medical care , less crime , good climate