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What determines economic development?
• Resources
• Population
• Colonial status
• Geographic Location
• Climate
What does development look like?
Less Developed DevelopedPer capita incomes are low, and capital is
scarce.Per capita incomes are high and capital is
readily available.Wealth is unevenly distributed within
individual countries, e.g., Colombia, 2.6% of population owns 40% of the national
wealth.
Wealth is comparatively evenly distributed, e.g., Canada, 10% of
population owns 24% of national wealth.Primary industries dominate national
economies.Manufacturing and service industries
dominate national economies.High proportion of population engaged in
subsistance agriculture.Farming is commercial, efficient, and
mechanized.
What does development look like?
Less Developed DevelopedPopulations are rural; but cities are
growing rapidly. Populations urban, cities growing slowly.Birth and death rates are high and life
expectancy is low. There tends to be a high proportion of children.
Birth and death rates are low and life expectancy is high. High proportion of
people over 60 years old.
Inadequate or unbalanced diets resulting from a low consumption of protein; hunger and malnutrition common.
Adequate supplies of food and balanced diets; overeating sometimes a problem.
Diseases, especially infectious and parasitic diseases, common. Health care
poor.Low incidence of disease; good medical
services available.
What does development look like?
Less Developed DevelopedOvercrowding, poor housing, few public
services, bad sanitation--poor social conditions. Social conditions generally good.
Poor educational facilities, high levels of illiteracy--low levels of scientific and
technological development.
Education opportunities excellent, high literacy, advanced science and
technology.Women may be held in an inferior
position in society.Women are increasingly treated on equal
terms with men.
How is development measured?
• Gross Domestic Product Per Capita– aka GDP per capita– value of goods and services produced within a country within a given year– Other similar measures include GNP (broader value), PPP– Usually calculated in US dollars to allow comparisons between countries
Measuring Development
• Gross Domestic Product per Capita
High human development 25,167
Medium human development
1,237
Low human development 358
Gross Domestic ProductHigh Human Development
Luxembourg Canada Denmark Singapore Mexico
21,492 6,12159,143 27,079 39,332
Gross Domestic ProductMedium Human Development
Armenia China Indonesia Bolivia Equatorial
Guinea
970 892 5,900918 1,100
Gross Domestic ProductLow Human Development
Djibouti Haiti Tanzania, U. Rep. of Malawi
Burkina Faso
886 346 287 156 345
How is development measured?
• Rates– Literacy– Infant mortality– Caloric intake– Natural increase– Inflation
How is development measured?
• Occupational Structure of the Workforce– PRIMARY (agriculture)– SECONDARY (industry)– TERTIARY (services)– QUATERNARY– QUINARY
Occupational Structure
– China GDP $6,200– agriculture 49%, industry 22%, services 29%
– Australia GDP $32,000– agriculture 3.7%, industry 26.4%, services 70%
– Philippines GDP $5,100– agriculture 36%, industry 16%, services 48%
Occupational Structure
– Luxembourg GDP $59,143– Agriculture 1%, industry 30%, services 69%
– Singapore GDP $21,492– agriculture 0%, industry 30%, services 70%
– Equatorial Guinea GDP $5,900– agriculture 20%, industry 60%, services 20%
Occupational Structure
– Haiti GDP $346– Agriculture 32%, industry 20%, services 48%
– Malawi GDP $156– agriculture 37%, industry 29%, services 34%
Other Measures of Development
• Unemployment The number of people who (in a given year) were not working but were available for work and had taken steps to seek work. In some circumstances where employment opportunities are particularly limited in a country, the last criteria ("had taken steps to seek work") may be relaxed.
Other Measures of Development
• Telephone Lines Number of subscriber lines (business and residential) plus public telephones per 100 inhabitants. This series is calculated by dividing the number of main lines by the population, and multiplying by 100.
Other Measures of Development
• Undernourished The percentage of the population whose food intake falls below the minimum requirement needed to meet dietary energy requirements on a regular basis.
Other Measures of Development
• Television Receivers Number of television receivers and/or number of licenses issued per thousand inhabitants.
• Water Resources per Capita Average amount of water that is available per person from rivers and groundwater each year.
Human Development Index
• Created by the United Nations• Measures three types of factors: economic, social,
and demographic– Economic factor selected GDP per capita
– Social factors are literacy and amount of education
– Demographic factor is life expectancy
• Factors combined for a maximum of 1.0 or 100%• 2001: Norway #1 with .944
Core Periphery Model
• Scholars argued for this new approach• Sensitive to geographical differences and
the relationships among development processes occurring in different places
• Focuses on economic relationships– Core– Periphery– Semi periphery
Core Periphery Model
• Core Regions– High levels of socioeconomic prosperity– Dominant players in global economic game
Anglo America HDI .94Japan and the South Pacific HDI .93Western Europe HDI .92Eastern Europe HDI .78
Core Periphery Model
• Periphery– Poor regions– Dependent on the core– Do not have much control over their own
affairs
Periphery Regions
Latin America HDI .78East Asia HDI .72Southeast Asia HDI .71Middle East HDI .66South Asia HDI .58Sub Saharan Africa HDI .47
Core Periphery Model
• Semi Periphery– Regions that exert more power than periphery
regions– Dominated to some degree by core
The North South Divide
Based on the 1980’s Brandt Report. Suggested a simplified world contrast of development and undevelopment based on degree of industrialization and per capita wealth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Northsouth.png
Models of Development
• Liberal Models– All countries are capable of development– Economic disparities are a result of short term
inefficiencies in local or regional market forces
Models of Development
• Structuralist Models– Regional disparities are a structural feature of
the global economy– Things have come to be organized or structured
in a way and cannot be changed easily
Modernization Model
• Walt Rostow, 1950’s• Liberal model• Development through international trade• Suggests that all countries follow a similar path
through economic development– Traditional– Preconditions to takeoff– Takeoff– Drive to maturity– High mass consumption
Traditional
• Not yet started development• High % of people engaged in subsistence
agriculture• High % of wealth allocated to
‘nonproductive activities’ such as religion and military
• Rigid and unchanging social structure• Resistence to technological change
Preconditions of Takeoff
• An elite group initiates innovative economic activity
• Country begins investing in new technology and infrastructure
• Stimulate increase in productivity
• Progressive leadership
Takeoff
• Rapid growth facilitated by a limited number of economic activities
• Some sectors of the economic structure remain dominated by traditional practices
• Industrialization, urbanization, mass production
Drive to Maturity
• Modern technology diffuses to wide variety of industries
• Industries experience rapid growth similar to the early takeoff industries
• Workers become more skilled and specialized
• Modernization in the core
• Population growth declines
High Mass Consumption
• Economy shifts from production of heavy industry such as steel and energy to consumer goods like refrigerators and motor vehicles
• High incomes
• Widespread production of a variety of goods and services
• Majority of workers in service sector of economy
Dependency Theory
• Structuralist alternative to Rostow’s model
• Political and economic relationships between countries and regions control and limit the economic development of less well off regions
• Dependency helps sustain the prosperity of the dominant regions and the poverty of the lesser regions
Dependency Theory
• Little hope for economic prosperity in regions and countries that have traditionally been dominated by external power
• Based on generalizations that pay little attention to regional differences in culture, politics, and society