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Know and Be Able To Chpt. 9) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

KNOW

agglomeration economies

basic (non-basic industries)

Brandt Line

comparative advantage

Dependency Theory

developing country

economic indicators

economic development

gender inequality index

Gini coefficient

GDP

gross national product

HDI

import substitution

LDC

literacy rate

market-orientation

MDC

neo-colonialism

primary sector

productivity

quaternary sector

raw material orientation

regional multiplier

Rostow’s “Modernization Model”

secondary sector

subsistence economy

sustainable development

tertiary sector

trickle-down effects

value added

Weber’s transp model

BE ABLE TO

• use examples of human welfare indicators to distinguish between relatively developed and less developed countries; explain variations in levels of development

• use examples of social and economic measures to classify countries as less developed or relatively developed (GDP, HDI, GINI, etc)

• apply models of industrial location: bid rent, Weber’s tranp. costs, industrial location in relation of retailing and service industries, and local economic development within competitive global systems of corporations and finance

• draw the Brandt line on a world or regional map and give examples of elements of the core and periphery.

• discuss specific examples of “semi-peripheral” countries, explaining why they are so labeled.

• compare and contrast different theories and models of economic development and the relationship between LDCs and relatively developed countries

• discuss deindustrialization, economic restructuring, and the rise of service tech economies

• provide examples of the different sectors of a country’s economy and explain the economic relationship between them.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

1. Rubenstein, Chapter 9: Development

2. FOCUS, # 15: Indian Gaming in the US: Distribution, Significance and Trends

3. FOCUS, # 19: Women Street Caterers: Gaborne’s Colorful Street-Side Restaurants

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