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Definition of ‘development’ and the ways in which countries can be classified, such as AC, EDC and LIDC.
Global distribution of ACs, EDCs and LIDCs.
Economic and social measures of development, such as GNI per capita and Human Development Index, and how they illustrate the consequences of uneven development
Outline the human and physical factors influencing global uneven development.
Explore the factors that make it hard for countries to break out of poverty, including debt, trade and political unrest.
Overview of the economic development of an LIDC (Cambodia), including influences of population, society, technology and politics, particularly in the past 50 years, or post-independence.
Explore whether Rostow’s model can help determine the country’s path of economic development.
The extent to which the relevant Millennium Development Goals have been achieved for this LIDC.
Investigate how the LIDC’s wider political, social and environmental context has affected its development.
The country’s international trade, such as potential reliance on a single, or few, commodities and how this influences development.
The benefits and problems of trade and Trans National Company (TNC) investment for development.
The advantages and disadvantages of international aid or debt relief for its development.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of one top-down and one bottom-up strategy in the country (Cambodia).
Top-Down: Sesan Dam
Bottom-Up: Helping Hands in Prasat Char