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Topic Questions

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

2. What are the features of a developing nation?

3. What are the main goals of developing nations?

Vocabulary Terms

developing nationimperialismcash crop modernizationtariff privatization

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

cash crops (cotton)

mineral resource extraction(copper mining in the DRC)

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

Triangular Trade

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

Even after independence, developing world remained behind….

1. What caused the developed/developing divide?

2. What are the features of a developing nation?

• weak economy• poverty• dependent on former

colonial rulers• borrow $ (debt)• lack diversity• agrarian – cash crops• mineral extraction

• unstable government• low literacy• poor health• large population growth• rural urbanization

2. What are the main goals of developing nations?

MODERNIZE:• political stability• strong economy

o diversifyo end dependence (protective tariffs)o privatization

• improved social services: schools, housing, health…

UN Human Development Index (UNHDI)

• statistic used to rank countries by level of development

• Value: 0-1o 0.800+ = high o 0.500-0.800 = mediumo <0.500 = low

UN HDI in 2007

NICs

newly industrialized countries

Map: NICS as of 2009

The other “BRIC”

• Brazil, Russia, India, China

• fastest growing emerging markets

• coined in 2001 at Goldman Sachs

Is Development Good?

“[I]t is the unthinking, limitless overconsumption by another part of the world’s population which perpetuates this [economic] entrapment [of the South] and makes it even worse. For the rich, it is a question of recapturing what has been cast aside so foolishly, or carelessly lost in the intoxicated rush towards production for production’s sake and growth as if there were no tomorrow. This headlong path ultimately must lead to disaster. For the poor, it is often a question of trying to preserve, defend and reinforce what they still have: their cultural and ethical values, their capacity to think and act autonomously, their artisan skills and oral prowess, and , above all, their ancient wisdoms and civilizations.”

- Raff Carmen, Autonomous Development: An Excursion into Radical Thinking and Practice, 1996

Words Matter

• What effect do you think it has on traditional cultures to be judged “underdeveloped”?

• Can they be proud of their “underdeveloped” lives?• Do you think groups like the Sukura and Pokot would see their

lives as “underdeveloped”?• The terms “developed” and “underdeveloped” are not a value-

free measurement of people’s quality of life, but a judgment about what manner of living is best.