Causes of Uneven Development

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What happens when a country is decolonised?
The country is independent but now has no natural resources and has not built up a manufacturing sector, so it has to buy products from its past coloniser
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What is Neocolonialism?
The state where there are still strong links between the country and its former colonial power.
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How is neocolonialism shown?
Influence over the government, trading expectations
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How does the Ivory Coast show neocolonialism?
Still speaks French and draws upon French culture and trade
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Why is trade hard in some countries?
Mountains, landlocked, too hot/cold for crops/animals, food is for own use with no surplus to trade
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What role does the government play in uneven development
Money not spent wisely such as on wars instead of establishing food security and infastructure
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Why do some countries get stuck in a cycle of debt?
They don't manufacture good so have to import them, they get into debt from this and this means they can't invest in their own country. Some get loans from HICs, the loan repayments are so large that they have no money to spend of development
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What is Neocolonialism?

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The state where there are still strong links between the country and its former colonial power.

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How does the Ivory Coast show neocolonialism?

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Why is trade hard in some countries?

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