Uneven development

Question 1

Physical factors

Answer 1

• Poor climate – lack of growth – malnutrition, people also have fewer crops to sell, the gov gets less money from taxes and then less money spent on healthcare
• Poor farming land – land is steep or had poor soil
• Few raw materials – fewer products to export, meaning less money made, some countries can afford the infrastructure to extract raw materials
• Lots of natural disasters

Question 2

Economic factors

Answer 2

• Poor trade links
• Lots of debt -
• An economy based on primary products – primary products make less money putting them at economic disadvantage

Question 3

Causes of uneven development

Answer 3

Colonisation:
* Counties that were colonised are often at a lower development gap
* European countries colonise many countries in Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas and removed raw materials profiting from them

Conflict:
* War, especially civil war can slow or reduce development
* Money is spent on arms and training soldiers instead of development, people are killed, and damage is done
* Important services are such as healthcare are disrupted which can lead to an increase in infant mortality rate.

Question 4

Consequences of uneven development

Answer 4

Wealth:
* People in more developed countries have a higher income, than those in less developed countries.
* Uneven development can also lead to big inequalities in wealth within countries

Health:
* Healthcare in more developed counties is usually better than in less developed countries, people in HICs live longer, and there is a lower infant mortality rate.