REASONS FOR UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD
HEPPS
HISTORICAL REASON
COLONIALISM
MOST COLONISED COUNTRIES=
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
PHYSICAL REASONS
PRESENCE OF RAW MATERIALS
PLENTY OF RAW MATERIALS
=DEVELOP FASTER
CLIMATE
HARSH CLIMATE
= COUNTRIES DEVELOP
SLOWER
WIDELY CRITICISED
WHY?!
TECHNOLOGY and GOOD DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES can OVERCOME LIMITATIONS of climate on development
MILD CLIMATE
= COUNTRIES
DEVELOP FASTER
ECONOMIC REASONS
CUMULATIVE CAUSATION
PERIPHERY - CORE
(Labour and materials)
BACKWASH EFFECT
CORE - PERIPHERY
(Wealth and Knowledge)
SPREAD EFFECT
SOCIAL REASONS
EDUCATION
HIGH LITERACY RATES = COUNTRIES DEVELOP FASTER
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
LOW POPULATION GROWTH RATE = DEVELOP FASTER
POLITICAL REASON
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL CONFLICT & WARS =>COUNTRIES DEVELOP SLOWER
LEADERSHIP
CORRUPT & UNSTABLE OFFICIALS => DEVELOP SLOWER