Geography of Development

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Across
  1. 2. An indicator which includes infant mortality rates, natural increase rates, crude birth rates, and life expectancy.
  2. 7. Includes workers who turn commodities (raw materials) into finished products through manufacturing.
  3. 9. Are metrics used to assess, measure, and evaluate the overall state of health of the macroeconomy.
  4. 10. Programs adopted by LDCs in order to get loans and attempt to structure the gov't and economy according to the international trade approach to ensure debt repayment.
  5. 11. Is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
  6. 15. Referred to as the service sector encompasses a large number of activities.
  7. 16. One major impediment to development in LDCs.
  8. 18. An indicator that has something to do with education and literacy.
  9. 20. Using this approach, countries focus on what they produce best (called comparative advantage) and import goods they do not.
Down
  1. 1. It comes from the dependency theorists, who point out that the relationships between MDCs and LDCs are unequal, creating a system of neo-colonialism in which MDCs control LDCs through economics.
  2. 3. It was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.
  3. 4. Also refers to the types of jobs available in a region.
  4. 5. A measure of how much work an employee delivers within a specific time.
  5. 6. Represents workers involved in the extraction of resources from the earth, including minerals, agricultural products, and fish.
  6. 8. The total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period.
  7. 12. An event constituting a new stage in a changing situation.
  8. 13. A major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries.
  9. 14. An international organization that designed a method for measuring the development level of a country by combining several indicators.
  10. 17. He defined development as "the process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology".
  11. 19. A metric used to determine the amount of money earned per individual in a nation or geographical area.