Regional Disparities in terms

of Development- causes and

remedies.

Presented by :

Himangshu Bailung.

Roll no. 05

2nd semester Center for Studies in Geography, Dibrugarh University.

A country’s overall human development indicatorscan conceal the fact that its different parts can havevery different levels of human development. By studying theresource, agriculture, industry, international trade, population,consumption, distribution and structure, adaptation anddevelopment of science and technology and many otheraspects, it can be seen that all the countries of the world are notdeveloped and similar in all aspects. This difference from regionto region is regional disparity. Analysing human development byregion can provide a useful tool to target developmentprogrammes and public expenditure to areas where they aremost needed. This approach helps governments to focus onregional equity when planning for development.

District Total population(in’000 nos)

Total state domestic product

Per capita DDP(rupees)

Kamrup (M) 1195 687736 57551

Nagaon 2608 503564 19308

Crops Dibrugarh east(in %) Moran (in %)

Rice 28.6 45.5

Maize Nil 0.02

On the basis of the following respects the

world have been divided into developed

and developing countries of the world:

• Gross National Product

• Literacy

• Per capita power consumption

• Urbanization.

It is the value of the country's all goods produced and service rendered in one year. One can estimate the extent of goods produced and type of facilities provided to the people of the country during a particular year.

On the basis of GNP the countries of the world are divided into the following :

1. Rich or highly developed countries- USA, Japan, Belgium, UK, Saudi Arabia.

2. Middle income or moderately developed- Thailand, Korea, Brazil

3. Poor or less developed countries- Sudan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Somalia, India, China.

1. Natural :

a. Topography.

b. Climate.

c. Soil Type

d. Natural resource etc.

2. Man made:

a. Agriculture and Industry

b. Transport and Communication

c. Technology

d. Education

e. Demography

f. Trade and Commerce, etc.

1. Proper panning of government.

2. Technological development.

3. Raising the educational or literacy rate.

4. Proper utilization of human resource.

5. A well developed international relation ship with foreign countries.

6. Development of transport and communication system.

No country is self sufficient and are always dependent on one another. Regional disparities cannot be terminated but can be balanced and maintained with better planning and efforts both in respect to natural and man made factors.

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Thank you.