Factors affecting development
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- Created on: 30-06-20 15:33
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- Factors affecting development
- Physical factors
- The most landlocked countries on Earth are in Africa. This means a country is only bordered by land
- With no access to the seas, a country is cut off from seaborne trade, which is important for economic growth
- Tropical Africa, South America and Asia have more climate-related diseases and pests than cooler parts of the world (such as mosquitoes which can spread malaria)
- Disease affects the ability of the population to stay healthy enough to work
- Extreme weather, such as cyclones, droughts and floods, often hits tropical regions - Africa in particular is badly affected
- An extreme weather season can slow development and it can be costly to repair damaged infrastructure
- The lack of adequate supplies of safer waer is a barrier to economic development
- The most landlocked countries on Earth are in Africa. This means a country is only bordered by land
- Historical factors
- Whilst some countries, particularly in Asia and South America (for example, China, Malaysia and Mexico) have recently emrged as industrialised nations, many other countries are yet to experience any significant economic growth
- Colonisation. From 1650-1900 over 10 million people were transported from Africa to North America to work as slaves on plantations. Almost all of the wealth produced in this period went to European powers
- By the end of the 19th Century, much of Africa and parts of South Africa and Asia had been divided up between the European superpowers. Countries such as the UK, Germany, Spain and France ahd powerful empires and colonies
- Since 1950 former European colonies have gained independence. In many cases this has been a difficult process, resulting in civil wars and political struggles for power.
- Money has been spent on armaments and some goernments have been corrrupt. This political instability has held back development
- Since 1950 former European colonies have gained independence. In many cases this has been a difficult process, resulting in civil wars and political struggles for power.
- By the end of the 19th Century, much of Africa and parts of South Africa and Asia had been divided up between the European superpowers. Countries such as the UK, Germany, Spain and France ahd powerful empires and colonies
- Economic factors
- International organisations like the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been criticised for not doing enough to establish fair terms of global trade for food and raw materials
- Sometimes corrupt leaders of LICs, have profitted personaly from selling resources cheaply to TNCs
- Food prices fluctuate wildly depending on competition and the quality of the crops
- The price of cocoa beans halved in the 1990s due to overproduction, slowing down economic develpment for Ghana and Ivory Coast
- Physical factors
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