Reasons for the development gap

THE DEVELOPMENT
GAP
Reducing the development gap…read more

Approaches
A number of strategies to improve living
standards in the poorest countries have been
proposed and attempted…read more

Routes to development
EXTERNAL APPROACHES
· Global economy and economic
growth
·Globalisation trends
·Aids and foreign investment
·Trade strategies
·Tourism development
·Debt reduction/ cancellation
DEVELOPIN ·International co-operation
G INCREASING DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPED
COUNTRY COUNTRY
INTERNAL APPROACHES
· Political stability
·Government investment in
infrastructure
·Food security
·Increased resources for
healthcare
·Addressing inequalities between
regions
·Legal empowerment of the poor…read more

The interdependence of developing
and developed countries
Developed
countries
· Food and disaster, aid,
trade concessions
·Political support, strategic ·Political dependency, strategic
defence, military aid concessions
·Technical knowledge, ·Cheap finished goods
research, education ·Cheap labour, students, illegal
·Financial capital, immigration
machinery, semi-finished ·Raw materials, foodstuffs, fuel
goods supplies
Developing
countries…read more