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Topic 5 Bridging the Development Gap

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How is this unit examined?2 ½ hour written exam, including pre-released

synoptic resources (4 weeks in advance)

Part 1 – 5 out of 6 topics Part 2 – 6th topic in a synoptic context (will pull

together aspects of the other 5 topics)

30% of A level

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5.1 What is the nature of the development gap? How has it arisen?

5.1.1. What is the development gap?

What would a developed country be like?What would an undeveloped country be like?So what is development?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/what-are-more-economically-developed-countries/5697.html

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Starter

Using your mini whiteboards suggest the following:

• What is the development gap?

• How do we measure development?

• What indicators can we use?

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Development

What is Development?Not just the difference between the developed, rich

and powerful countries and those less developed. Within each country there are differing levels of

prosperity and developmentWhat is it measured by?

GNPHDI – Human development Index 0-1,

1 being best – uses income per capita, adult literacy, life expectancy.

Development Indicators

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Explaining development

Do you remember the food crisis of 2008?

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Explaining development

Do you remember the food crisis of 2008?This is probably because you were well-sheltered from the worst because we live in a developed country.p179

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• Which of the following are real causes for the rise in food prices since 2006:

Global food crisis

Extreme weather

Growth of biofuels Rising demand in NICs

Climate change Rising demand for cattle feed

Traders hoarding food Diseases wiping out crops

Globalisation

Rising oil prices Change in agricultural policies

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Global food crisisGlobal food crisisWhich of the following are real causes

for the rise in food prices since 2006:Which of the following are real causes

for the rise in food prices since 2006:

Extreme weather

Growth of biofuels Rising demand in NICs

Rising demand for cattle feed

Traders hoarding food

Rising oil prices Change in agricultural policies

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The food price crisis shows how susceptible less-developed countries are to price rises.1. What happened to food prices in 2008?2. Why was this?3. Using the Philippines as an example, explain how a

development gap was shown by the way in which the food crisis affected its people.

4. What is the development gap?

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5.1 What is the nature of the development gap? How has it arisen?

5.1.1. How can we measure it?

Take a map and show the north-south divide line (Brandt line).

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The development gap

• The geography of the development gap is more complex than a simple ‘North-South divide’

• Latin America has HDI levels similar to eastern Europe; China’s HDI and some others in SE Asia are relatively high

• South Asia has a concentration of levels below 0.6• Level in the Middle East are relatively high, although not in Yemen, Syria and Iraq• The picture for Africa is very complex, with the extreme north and south having

decent HDI levels, but some regions with shockingly low numbers

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Development Indicators?

How can we accurately measure development between countries?

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Development Indicators?

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What is this map showing?

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Life expectancy

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Infant mortality

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Under-nourishment

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Burgernomics• THE ECONOMIST's Big Mac

index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity: in the long run, exchange rates should adjust to equal the price of a basket of goods and services in different countries. This particular basket holds a McDonald's Big Mac, whose price around the world we compared with its American average of $4.20.

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Understanding indicators…Take an atlas ands find 10 contrasting countries. Analyse them using 5 development indicators.Rank them according to each indicators and add up the totals. The least scores shows the most developed

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Measuring development

• Measuring development levels is a challenge.

• Traditionally development has measured using economic data such as GDP or GNI per capita.

• These measures fail to recognise: 1. Income distribution 2. The local value of money3. The non-money economy e.g.

barter and exchange• It is also important to recognise

that development has social and quality of life aspects

• Measures such as life expectancy, education level, access to sanitation are important

*data for Dec 2009

This basket of goods costs 112 Indian Rupees in India, the equivalent of £1.50*. To buy the same basket of

goods in the UK would cost around £6. The difference in how much goods and services really

cost, is why PPP (purchasing power parity) GDP income is used rather than ‘raw’ GDP.

Using raw GDP per capita average income in India is about $1000, but PPP GDP per capita income is

$2800

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• As the development cable model (right) shows, development is a multi-faceted process

• At its core is economic development, but to achieve real progress social, political, environmental and personal development is also needed.

• Recognising the complex nature of development is why development is often measured using an index, which combines a range of data

• Indices are considered more accurate than single data points such as GDP per capita.

The Human Development Index (HDI)Life expectancy at birth + Literacy rate +

Enrolment rate + GDP per capita PPP

Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)Life expectancy + Literacy rate + Infant

Mortality rate

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Measuring development:Explain what they are and how each measurement works• GDP• GNI• PPP• HDIWhich is the best method in your opinion? Explain why.

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Have you ever thought howmuch is spent in the worldon basic needs and luxuries?

How much would it cost to:

Eliminate world hunger?

$19 billion

Clean water for everyone?

$10 billion

Provide the ability foreveryone to read and write?

$5 billion

How much is spent on:

Make up and perfumes in the worldevery year?

$33 billion

Ocean cruises

$14 billion

Ice cream in Europe every year

$11 billion

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Measuring development:Explain what they are and how each measurement works• GDP• GNI• PPP• HDIWhich is the best method in your opinion? Explain why.

Why is the situation more complex today?

Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)

Life expectancy + Literacy rate + Infant

Mortality rate

The Human Development Index

(HDI)Life expectancy at

birth + Literacy rate + Enrolment rate + GDP per capita PPP

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Awe can also measure development through looking at the progress towards Millennium development Goals - Are MDGs a better measure?

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Is the development gap widening or becoming narrower – what do you

think?

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The development gap ...... is the difference in levels of social well-being and economic development between the poorest and the richest people on the planet

... is the divide between rich and poor or the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’

... can exist on different scales

... involves social and economic differences

Map 171 – Wealth Growth

Using Worldmapper 2

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide growth in wealth that occurred there between 1975 and 2002

Map 172 – Wealth Decline

Using Worldmapper 3

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide decline in wealth that occurred there between 1975 and 2002

Map 173 – Human Development

Using Worldmapper 4

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human development of the total world population (population multiplied by Human Development Index), found there.

Map 175– Development Increase

Using Worldmapper 5

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human development that occurred there between 1975 and 2002 (calculated by multiplying human development index by population)

Map 176 – Development Decrease

Using Worldmapper 6

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human un-development that occurred there between 1975 and 2002 (calculated as the fall in Human Development Index multiplied by population)

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Is the development gap widening or becoming narrower – what do you

think?Yes – the development gap is narrowing, the world is becoming a better place

No – the development gap is widening and the world is not becoming a better place

Both – the development gap is widening and narrowing at the same time; it is different in different places

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Narrowing

There has been global development, particularly in Asia

Many poorer countries, like China and India, are industrialising

Widening Development in much of Africa has

lagged behind, although the percentage of people in poverty has decreased actual numbers have increased as population has grown

Worldwide, one billion people live on less than US$1 dollar a day

There is an urban–rural divide in many countries, like Mexico

Economic growth is increasing the divide between extreme wealth and poverty in some countries, like Brazil

The gap between rich and poor people living in both richer and poorer countries is growing

The development gap – the evidence

The development gap has narrowed for some people but not for others

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Region Life expectancy

Infant mortality

Under-nourishment

North America

Western Europe

Eurasia (Eastern Europe and CIS)

Latin America and Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eastern Asia (China)

South-East Asia and Pacific Rim

South Asia (Indian sub-continent)

Australasia

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How is the world more complex today than Brandt suggested in the 1980s?