Development Key Words

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Across
  1. 5. Countries which are developing and industrialising rapidly. They are MICs which are seeing their per capita GNI grow rapidly. Examples include Brazil, India, China, Mexico and Malaysia
  2. 6. Middle Income Country
  3. 13. When HICs, and banks in HICs, write‐off some LIC country debt so the LIC has to pay less back
  4. 14. Any difference between one group of people, or region, and another
  5. 15. Less Economically Developed Country​
  6. 16. When producers in LICs are given a better price for the goods they produce. Often this is for farm products like cocoa, coffee or cotton. The better price improves income and reduces exploitation
  7. 18. The use of resources to improve the quality of life in a country. The progress of a country in terms of economic growth, the use of technology and human welfare
  8. 19. High Income Country​
  9. 20. Know‐how and equipment that is suited to the basic conditions prevailing in the receiving country
Down
  1. 1. A way of dividing the world up into the richer ‘North’ (HICs) and poorer ‘South’ (LICs and MICs); it can be thought of as the world’s ‘haves’ and ‘have nots'
  2. 2. When people lack the income needed to have a reasonable quality of life
  3. 3. The simple, easily learned and maintained technology used in a range of economic activities serving local needs in LICs. ​
  4. 4. Low Income Country​
  5. 7. The 5 countries of Brazil, Russia, India , China and South Africa. All are emerging economies
  6. 8. When trade between countries is not restricted by, for example, import duties or not being a member of a group of trading nations
  7. 9. The general level of prosperity (wealth) enjoyed by a population
  8. 10. More Economically Developed Country​
  9. 11. The difference in standards of living and wellbeing between the world’s richest and poorest countries (between HICs and LICs)
  10. 12. Newly Industrialized Country. These are countries which have developed rapidly
  11. 17. ​The most economically / politically dominant area in a country or region is referred to as the ‘core’. Periphery areas are more isolated, have fewer businesses and well paid jobs and are less politically influential