Year 8 - Geography
Strategies to support development
Global inequalities and development: how does life vary around the world?
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the patterns, causes and impact of inequality around the world. Pupils will investigate how patterns of inequality affect people and places and how attempts have been made to reduce the development gap.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain different ways to support development and evaluate the effectiveness of top-down strategies.
Key Notes
- Strategies to support development can be top-down or bottom-up
- Investment, aid, debt relief and fairtrade are all strategies to reduce the development gap
- All strategies to reduce the development gap have strengths and weaknesses.
Vocabulary To Learn
- investment: where money is spent in a country to improve infrastructure or resources
- aid: help given by a group or country to support development in another country or for disaster relief
- debt relief: when debt is cancelled or reduced
- Fairtrade: an organisation dedicated to improving the income and lives of farmers in lower income countries by making trade fairer
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Development is always driven by governments and big international organisations.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Strategies to support development can be top-down or bottom-up. Investment, aid, debt relief and fairtrade are all strategies to reduce the development gap.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'investment'
where money is spent in a country to improve infrastructure or resources.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Development is always driven by governments and big international organisations. Correction: While governments and organisations play a big role, development often happens through smaller, community-led projects where local people take charge.
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- Lives around the world Study Guide
- Measuring and mapping development Study Guide
- Past and present causes of inequality Study Guide
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