Changing economic world

Cards (21)

  • Infant mortality
    Average number of death of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births, per year
  • What are historical causes for uneven development?
    Countries only recently gained independence - results in civil wars and political struggles
  • What are physical causes for uneven development?
    Landlocked countries are cut off from seaborne trade
    Extreme weather - slow development
  • What are economic causes for uneven development?
    Most trade between rich countries
    Rich countries pay as little as possible for raw resources which comes from LICs
  • What are the consequences of uneven development?
    Greater differences in wealth
    Greater differences in health
    Large flows of international migration
  • What is aid?
    Assistance given to countries or communities in the event of a crisis or for the development of long-term sustainable improvements
  • How does money help in aid
    Loans for big projects to buy local goods or for locals scale projects
  • How does aid reduce the development gap?
    Enables countries to invest in development projects such as roads
    Focussing on healthcare and education on a local scale
  • What are problems with aid?
    People are more likely to give when emergencies take place rather then long term development projects
  • What are the benefits of tourism?
    A huge sources of income and employments for 1000’s of people.
    This leads to development and improved education and infrastructure
  • What are the negatives of tourism?
    It is seasonal and countries can rely on it
  • Where is Nigeria?
    Continent of Africa
    South is Coastel
    Bordering Niger and cameroon
  • What is Nigeria’s global importance?
    • 21st largest economy in the world
    • Provides 3% of world’s oil
  • What is Nigeria’s social context?
    Multi - ethnic/ faith country.
    Religion caused a civil war.
    Boko Haram has caused problems
  • How has shell brought benefits to the economy?
    • Tax income from shell is $1.4 billion / year
    • New schools
    • New hospitals
    • Directly benefits Nigerians by improving quality of living
  • How has she’ll brought environmental problems?
    • 7,000 oil spills in just 5 years
    • farm land destroyed
    • farmers unable to grow crops to feed themselves and gain a profit
    • contaminated water
    • fish die
  • What is a science park?
    A group of scientific and technical knowledge based businesses located on a single site
  • What are the positives of London’s cross rail?
    Relieves congestion on existing lines
    Quicker journey times
    Easier access to central London from suburbs.
  • What are the railway improvements in the Uk?
    HS2- a planned high speed rail way line to connect London to manchester
  • What are the positives of expanding London’s airports?
    Creates more jobs and makes more money
  • What are the negatives of expanding London’s airports?
    Expensive
    Increase of CO2 emissions by 30+