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Concepts of Development Chapter 26

What are some of the terms used to describe levels of development? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is the distribution of MDCs and LDCs in the world? (The Brandt Line)

How is development measured? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Positive correlation: ,[object Object]

Negative correlation ,[object Object]

Characteristics of Developing Countries ,[object Object]

Cycle of Poverty Reversing the Cycle Of Poverty

% of population considered literate

Student-Teacher ratio (primary level)

Health Indicators: Caloric Intake as a percent of daily requirements

Health Indicators: Persons per Physician

Life expectancy at birth – not just correlated with per capita income

Human Development Index = ( life expectancy at birth, GDP per capita, indices of schooling & literacy)

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object],Gini coefficient % below the poverty line

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object],Fertility Rate

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object]

… but rapid rural-to-urban migration

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object],China factory World exports per capita

% of labor force in agriculture

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of developing countries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Theories Regarding Development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Modernization Theory “Liberal” model ,[object Object]

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Every country can be positioned at one of these stages. Rostow viewed capitalism to be the proper type of production system for this development sequence. This theory has its critics.

What assumptions lie behind liberal models of development? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Economic liberalism prevailed in the 1800s and early 1900s. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dependency Theory (Structuralist model) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

World Systems Theory: dynamic capitalist relations, hegemonic power

How does the core-periphery model and World Systems Theory apply to development issues? ,[object Object],[object Object]

What is sustainable development? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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