Differences in Development

• Natural resources(e.g. oil in Saudi Arabia)


  Countries can generate money by selling them
• Beautiful scenery and interesting wildlife

  Jobs will be created for local people as tourists visit
• No access to coastline(e.g. Malawi)


  More expensive to import and export goods
• No access to coastline

  Rely on neighbours to trade and move goods to other countries
• Bad relationships with neighbours


  Cannot trade freely
• Natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes in Haiti)


  Infrastructure will be destroyed which will delay the development of the country
• Hot and dry climate (e.g. Sahel Region)

  Causes desertification which makes it very difficult to grow crops to feed the population
• Desertification


  Leads to famine and eventually malnutrition
• Malnutrition


  More people will be too sick to work so there will be less income for people
• Need to borrow money

  Creates a lot of debt
• Debt


  Less money to invest in services such as education and health care
• Poor education


  Many low skilled workers
• Many low skilled workers

  Multinational companies will not set up in the country, limiting investment
• Conflict (e.g. Syria)


  People are fighting instead of working and money is being spent on weapons instead of the country's development