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Causes of Uneven Development, Causes of Uneven Development - Coggle Diagram
Causes of Uneven Development
Some places are hotter than others
Therefore, in some places it is harder to get water.
There is a lack of safe drinking water for certain countries
Extreme weather such as natural disasters. Therefore, places such as South America experience a lot of natural disasters such as flooding. Therefore, they are less developed due to the fact that the government have to spend repairing instead of expanding.
Diseases also affect uneven development because they have the ability to affect the populations health.
Most landlocked on earth are in Africa. This means that the country is bordered only by land with no access to seas. This effects seaborne trade. Therefore, effecting economic growth.
Causes of Uneven Development
Physical Causes
Physical conditions of a country can effect the economy.
Limited amounts of water has major impacts on agriculture and life expectancy.
Climate related disease can set back development in a country.
Being situated in a place vulnerable to natural disasters and extreme weather can slow down development.
Landlocked countries have no way of accessing the ocean inside their borders, which reduces the potential trade.
Economic Causes
Economic weakness slows down development for various reasons.
The main exports of undeveloped countries are Primary Products, which are not as valuable as manufactured goods. This can lead to a trade deficit.
Moreover, the price of primary products vary greatly at different times, which can have devastating effects on a poorly developed economy.
When the economy is weak and trade is weak, it is difficult for it to become more powerful. Economic growth is exponential and takes a long time to accelerate.
When most of a country is in poverty, people have lower life expectancy and less access to education. This weakens the economy of the country.
Different Impacts
Economic causes are often based on location of the country and it's history of development, since that impacts the trade of the country, which is vital for a stable economy for economic development.
Historical causes are more likely to lead to political struggles or a lack of education in countries.
Physical causes are very difficult to prevent, and effective technology to reduce the impact of severe physical causes is expensive.
Historical Causes
Countries which have only recently become sovereign nations or were colonies in the past have weaker economies than countries which have been historically powerful.
Many African and American countries were kept as colonies for centuries. Most of the countries kept as colonies have weak economies.
Struggles for political power are common in recently sovereign countries, due to the loss of their former leadership.
Much of the populations of colonized countries were given poor education and were not given good jobs (as they were given to the colonizers), so the people there do not have easy access to education or the skills required for high skilled, high paying jobs.
Long term and short term aid
Log term aid
tries to solve a problem so that it never happens again, such as the construction of a dam to provide a clean water supply.
Short term aid
olves an immediate problem like providing shelter for victims after an earthquake. It is sometimes called 'crisis aid'.
Advantages and How aid can promote development?
Emergency aid in times of disaster saves lives.
Aid helps rebuild livelihoods and housing after a disaster.
Provision of medical training, medicines and equipment can improve health and standards of living.
Aid for agriculture can help increase food production and so improve the quality and quantity of food available.
Encouraging aid industrial development can create jobs and improve transport infrastructure.
Aid can support countries in developing their natural resources and power supplies.
Projects that develop clean water and sanitation can lead to improved health and living standards.
Disadvantages an how aid can hinder development?
Aid can increase the dependency of LEDCs on donor countries. Sometimes aid is not a gift, but a loan, and poor countries may struggle to repay.
Aid may not reach the people who need it most. Corruption may lead to local politicians using aid for their own means or for political gain.
Aid can be used to put political or economic pressure on the receiving country. The country may end up owing a donor country or organisation a favour.
Sometimes projects do not benefit smaller farmers and projects are often large scale.
Infrastructure projects may end up benefiting employers more than employees.
It may be a condition of the investment that the projects are run by foreign companies or that a proportion of the resources or profits will be sent abroad.
Some development projects may lead to food and water costing more.