IGCSE Geography / Development and human welfare

Different views on closing the development gap

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 9: Development and human welfare, specification point 9.3b. Part of the full course.

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The development gap is the difference in wealth and welfare between the most and least developed countries. Individuals, organisations and governments have different views on how to reduce it, so you need to compare those views and judge which is strongest.

More lessons in Development and human welfare

• What development and human welfare mean
• What contributes to development
• Measuring development: GDP per capita
• Measuring development: the Human Development Index
• Measuring inequality and corruption
• The global pattern of development
• Why development is uneven
• The impacts of uneven development
• Case study: Italy, a divided country
• Demographic data and development
• Population structure and development
• International aid
• Agreements between governments
• Top-down and bottom-up development
• Case studies: top-down projects in Nigeria and the UK
• Case studies: bottom-up projects in Kenya and South Africa