Economic world

• What are the development indicators?

  > Life expectancy

  > Literacy rate

  > GNI per capita

  > HDI
• What are the limitations or advantages of development indicators?

  + HDI takes social and economic factors into account

  -Obscured by anomalies

  -Skewed by elderly population in HICs
• What are causes of uneven development?

  Physical:

  > Landlocked

  > Natural Hazards

  > Extreme Climates
• what are causes of uneven development?

  Economic:

  > Debt

  > Trade

  > Primary products sold
• What are causes of uneven development?

  Historical:

  > War

  > Colonialism

  > Corruption
• What are strategies to reduce the development gap? (FAT MIDII)

  > Fairtrade

  > Aid

  > Tourism

  > Microfinance

  > Investment

  > Debt reduction

  > Intermediate technology

  > Industrialisation