A | B |
developed country | I am a term used to refer to richer countries that have high economic development |
developing country | I am a term used to refer to poorer countries of low level of economic development and may be in the process of improving their level of economic development |
economic development | I am a term that refers to improvements in the economic well-being of a nation including material and non-material living standards eg access to education and health |
material | I am the living standards that are measured by the level of access to goods and services |
non--material | I am the Living standards that are measured by the level of access to clean air, health, recreational facilities, improved life expectancy |
wasting | I am a term that refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height. I am also associated with acute malnutrition |
stunting | I am a term that describes a child who is too short for his or her age. I am the failure to grow both physically and cognitively and the result of chronic or recurrent malnutrition |
undernourished | I am a term that describes those people whose intake of food is below the minimum to meet their dietary requirements |
world | I am the bank that classifies that living on less than $1.90 per day is living in extreme poverty |
extreme | I am a type of poverty that is associated with the severe deprivation of food, safe drinking water, sanitation, shelter, health and education |
agriculture | I am an example of a problem facing developing nations - high dependency on A and primary market exports |
education | I am an example of a problem facing developing nations - low standard of living, low incomes, poor health, inadequate E.. |
unequal | I am one of the factors that GDP per capita doesn’t show in developing countries – very high U.... distribution of income |
quality | I am one of the factors that GDP per capita doesn’t show in developing countries – ? of life |
literacy | I am one of the factors that GDP per capita doesn’t show in developing countries – Levels of ?. rates |
life | I am an example of a non-material aspect of life that is very low in a developing country – .. ? expectancy |
child | I am an example of a non-material aspect of life that is very low in a developing country – High rates of ? Mortality |
human | I am one of the newest measurement or indicator that has been introduced by the world bank and supersedes GDP per capita – ?.... Development Index |
living | I am one of the three indicators associated with the Human Development Index: Health, Education and ?. Standards |
colonialism | Historical process where many European powers took charge of many areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America, creating poverty in developing countries |
subsidies | A benefit to producers in the form of a cash payment or tax concession (provided by government) |
tariff | A form of ‘protection’ involving a tax on imports – clue begins with the letter |
quotas | A form of ‘protection’ involving control on the volume/number of imports into the country |
corruption | Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery/money |
mismanagement | A factor that has contributed to developing countries remaining in poverty – government |
kickback | payments to corrupt officials in developing countries |
debt servicing | The cash required to cover the payments of interest and principal on a debt. A cause of poverty in many of the poorest countries |
interest rates | The name given to the cost of borrowing money |
default | Developing countries are often charged a higher rate of interest on debt as they are seen as higher risk or probability of D… on payments |
exchange | Debt needs to be repaid in foreign currency so any fluctuations in this rate can increase repayments substantially – This rate is called ? Rate |
dictatorship | A country governed by a dictator is known as a |
dictator | Tyrant or despot leader normally found in developing country |
work | To help the position of women/girls in developing countries females need to be given more access to education, sexual health and improved infrastructure especially in relation to easy access to ?…. |
foreign aid | Provision of money or assistance from rich countries to poor countries with the hope of promoting economic development. Office name for this is ODA (official development assistance) |
debt forgiveness | A term used that means the removal of debt for a developing country |
history | Drop the Debt’ and 'Make Poverty ? - Were campaigns aimed at ‘debt forgiveness’ to help remove the burden of debt. |
poor | The World Bank and IMF introduced category called HIPC - HIPC stands for 'Heavily Indebted ? countries' |
loans | HIPC’s received assistance in the form of debt relief and low interest L |
poverty | Debt relief only given when country has policies in place to allow money to be redirected to ALLEVIATE P.. |
quotas | Strategies used to help developing countries - Removal of subsidies, tariffs and import q? |