H&D - Development

Question 1

natural resources

Answer 1

e.g. saudia arabia has oil = sold to generate foreign currency

Question 2

geo location

Answer 2

landlocked = more expensive to export/import goods

Question 3

climate

Answer 3

e.g. hot and dry = desertification = diff to feed the pop

Question 4

tourism

Answer 4

beautiful beaches = attracts tourists = creates job opps

Question 5

education

Answer 5

poor education system = low skilled workers = cant attract foreign investment

Question 6

corruption

Answer 6

money is used inappropriately

Question 7

conflict

Answer 7

conflict = unable to keep econ working and spend extra finance on upgrading military

Question 8

natural disasters

Answer 8

e.g. haiti = infrastructure destroyed = reverses progress made = port au prince destroyed = less foreign inestment

Question 9

evaluating HDI - positives

Answer 9

• takes into account econ and social, e.g. life expectancym knowledge and standard of living = shows fuller picture of develpoment
• figures allow countries to be compared w/ each other and ranks them
• shifts focus to meeting human needs instead of trad view of economy
• updated frequently = current info available from 2021 = shows progression over time = can be graphed for easy visual comparison

Question 10

evaluating HDI - negatives

Answer 10

• only 3 ssets of data used, some argue need to be used to adequately understand dev levels
• can’t reflect inequalities an human security
• using GNI it still retains criticisms of using economic factors that dont take into account infromal economy