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Overview - Contrasts in Development

What is development?

Indicators of Development

  • economic (GNP, GDP, PPP, Energy Consumption)
  • social (accessto safe water, life expectancy, HDI)
  • demographic (birth rate, death rate, total fertility rate, rate of increase)

Scatterplots and Spearman's Rank correlation coefficient

Internal and External factors affecting development

  • TNC's
  • debt burdens
  • colonialism
  • tourism
  • population growth
  • resource base
  • aid dependency
  • environmental degradation
  • political instability

Case Study: South and South-east Asia

Grassroot development projects

  • microcredit
  • bunds
  • successful aid

 

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