REASONS FOR UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD

HEPPS

HISTORICAL REASON

COLONIALISM

MOST COLONISED COUNTRIES=
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

MOST COLONISED COUNTRIES=
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

PHYSICAL REASONS

PRESENCE OF RAW MATERIALS

PLENTY OF RAW MATERIALS
=DEVELOP FASTER

PLENTY OF RAW MATERIALS
=DEVELOP FASTER

CLIMATE

HARSH CLIMATE
= COUNTRIES DEVELOP
SLOWER

HARSH CLIMATE
= COUNTRIES DEVELOP
SLOWER

WIDELY CRITICISED

WIDELY CRITICISED

WHY?!

TECHNOLOGY and GOOD DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES can OVERCOME LIMITATIONS of climate on development

MILD CLIMATE
= COUNTRIES  
DEVELOP FASTER

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