Dynamic development

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  • Is Zambia a AC an EDC or LIDC
    LIDC
  • What is the population of Zambia ?

    21 million
  • What is the population growth rate of Zambia?

    2.9%
  • Birth Rate of Zambia?
    34 per 1000
  • Death rate of Zambia

    6 per 1000
  • Life expectancy in Zambia?

    62 years
  • Literacy rate in Zambia?
    86 %
  • GNI per captita of Zambia?
    $1040
  • Human development indexof Zambia
    0.58
  • Economic growth rate?

    3%
  • Copper makes up how much of Zambia's Exports
    64%
  • What are the imports of zambia?

    fuel
  • What is Zambias history
    Used to be owned by the UK and gained independence in 1964, it was inhabited by different groups of African people
  • How has Zambian history shaped it's society?

    Half the country still lives in poverty, most people still live in rural areas
  • Quality of life
    measures health,comfort, well-being and happiness
  • Absolute poverty
    How many people can not afford basic human needs
  • relative poverty
    whether people lack adequte income compared to society around them.
  • GDP per captia
    an average o gross domestic product per person per year.
  • GNI per capita?

    An average of the gross national income {the value of products taxes and income from abroad} per person per year
  • What is modernization?
    Modernization is a series of stages a country goes through to industrialize and mature.
  • How does the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) relate to modernization?
    The DTM explains the stages a country goes through during modernization and industrialization.
  • Who proposed the five-stage model of development in 1950?
    1. W. Rostow proposed the five-stage model of development.
  • What is Rostow's stages of growth?
    Rostow's stages of growth is a model that explains the process of modernization in five stages.
  • What are the five stages of Rostow's stages of growth?
    1. Traditional society
    2. Preconditions for take-off
    3. Take-off
    4. Drive to maturity
    5. Age of high mass consumption
  • What is meant by the traditonal society in rostows model?

    High percentage of people in agriculture, little trade 'substence society
  • Pre take off society
    Development of infrastrucure economic growth start to trade developing economy
  • take off society

    textiles growth of industry investment in technology
  • drive to maturity
    modern technology, industrilisation wider range of products and overseas trade.
  • age of high mass consumption
    manufacturing,high incomes,tertiary,money spent on education
  • Problems with rostows model
    outdated, oversmplified, ignores debt repayment and how countries can fluctuate in development.
  • What are millenium development goals
    Millienum developmet goals started in 2000 and were 8 targets set up by the UN to try to reduce the development gap
  • How many countries agreed to work together with the millenium development goals
    189
  • Examples of the millenium development goals
    universal primary education,eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,promote gender equality,reduce child mortality,improve maternal health combat diseases enviormental sustainability
  • What is Zambia's average economic growth rate?
    6% per year
  • What has happened to Zambia's economic growth rate recently?
    It has dropped to 3% this year
  • What percentage of the Zambian population lives in poverty?
    Almost half
  • What is the Zambian government's goal for the country?
    To achieve 'a better Zambia for all'
  • By what year does Zambia aim to become an EDC?
    2030
  • How does the Zambian government plan to achieve its economic goals?
    By encouraging more foreign investment
  • What campaign did Zambia launch in 2012 to attract investment?
    'Why invest in Zambia?'