Geography paper 2 case study - Nigeria - Flashcards in GCSE Geography

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what is the GNI of Nigeria?

$5,360

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what % of people in Nigeria work in farming?

70%

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Nigeria's economic potential is big because?

it has a large market of 170 million people, it has a large workforce, it has lots of natural resources

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Limits to growth in Nigeria?

poor infrastructure, lack of electricity (55% in 2012), a reliance on agriculture for poor people

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what does Shell do?

extract and refine oil and sell the finish products.

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Advantages of TNC's to Nigeria?

Provides jobs in factories (shell employs 65,000 people in Nigeria), help countries develop by investing money to encourage development

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Disadvantages of TNC's to Nigeria?

their activities have polluted the environment in the past, Shell have been accused of crimes

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Issues in Nigeria?

60 million live below the national poverty line, it has 15% of the world's children out of school, many girls and women are excluded from opportunities, businesses lack access to regular electricity, terrorism occurs, has to import a lot of food

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what the UK does to help Nigeria?

they received £1.14 billion of UK overseas aid

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what Nigeria did with the money the UK gave?

£100m spent of improving healthcare - 10 million mosquito nets have been distributed, £30.8 million spent to get an additional 481,000 children into education, £3.8 million spent to provide nutrition programmes to women and pregnant mothers

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How economic development is improving the quality of life for the population?

GDP is expected to grow from $0.5 trillion to $4.2 trillion, life expectancy has risen from 41 to 52, % of people with access to electricity has risen from 48% to 55%, literacy rates have risen from 55% to 59%

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what % of people in Nigeria work in farming?

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70%

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Nigeria's economic potential is big because?

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Card 4

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Limits to growth in Nigeria?

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Card 5

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what does Shell do?

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Geography paper 2 case study - Nigeria