IGCSE Geography / Development and human welfare

Why development is uneven

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 9: Development and human welfare, specification point 9.2a. Part of the full course.

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Development is uneven because countries face different social, historic and economic factors. Explain each factor as a chain of cause and consequence, then rank the factors when assessing their importance.

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
• The impacts of uneven development
• Case study: Italy, a divided country
• Demographic data and development
• Population structure and development
• International aid
• Agreements between governments
• Different views on closing the development gap
• 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