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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GDP- Gross domestic product | total value of goods/ services produced in a country |
| GNI- Gross national income | GDP+income from abroad |
| GDP per capita | GDP + population |
| HDI0 human development index | combines life expectancy education income |
| types of economic activities | primary secondary teritiary quaternary quinary |
| primary and secondary | -extract raw materials (farming, mining) -manufacturing (factories) |
| teritiary quaternary | -services (teachers, doctors) -knowledge-based |
| quinary | high-level decision-making (CEOs government) |
| Rostows Stages of economic growth | - traditional society -preconditions for takeoff -takeoff -drive to maturity -age of mass consumption |
| criticism | assumes all countries follow the same path |
| waller steins world systems theory | divides the world into core periphery semi periphery |
| webers least cost theory | Factories locate where costs are lowest -transportation -labor -agglomeration (grouping together) |
| agglomeration | businesses cluster to -share services -reduce costs -attract workers |
| Globalization | increased global connections |
| outsourcing | moving jobs abroad |
| offshoring | relocating production |
| trade organizations | WTO (world trade organization NAFTA/USMCA Eu |
| Special economic zones | areas with low taxes and few regulations to attract businesses |
| economic sectors and labor | developed countries- more services jobs developing coutnries- more agriculture- manufacturing |
| formal vs informal economy | formal- taxed, regulated informal- unregulated (street vendors) |
| GII Gender inequality index | Women often have -lower pay less access to education Gender equality improves economic growth |
| sustainable development | development that meets needs without harming future generations |
| problems and solutions | -resource depletion -pollution -climate change solutions -renewable energy -sustainable agriculture |
| conseuqees of industrialization | positive economic growth, more jobs, better infrastructure negative pollution, income inequality, urban crowding |