Stages of Development

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Stages of Development

• To know the stages of development, and their
  associated characteristics.
• To understand that countries are categorized by
  their economic development.

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LDCs

• Africa (33)
• 1 Angola
• 18 Madagascar
• 2 Benin
• 19 Malawi
• Burkina Faso
• 20 Mali
• 4 Burundi
• 21 Mauritania
• 5 Central African Republic
• 22 Mozambique
• 6 Chad
• 23 Niger
• 7 Comoros
• 24 Rwanda
• 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 25 São Tomé and Príncipe

Asia (15)   1 Afghanistan 9 Nepal 2
Bangladesh 10 Samoa 3 Bhutan 11 Solomon
Islands 4 Cambodia 12 Timor-Leste 5
Kiribati 13 Tuvalu 6 Lao Peoples
Democratic Republic 14 Vanuatu 7 Maldives
15 Yemen 8 Myanmar
9 Djibouti 26 Senegal 10 Equatorial
Guinea 27 Sierra Leone 11 Eritrea 28
Somalia 12 Ethiopia 29 Sudan 13 Gambia 30
Togo 14 Guinea 31 Uganda 15 Guinea-Bissau 32
United Republic of Tanzania 16 Lesotho 33
Zambia 17 Liberia
What on earth are LDCs?
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LDCs

• LDC's are characterized by a marginal physical
  environment.
• The countries that fall into this category are,
  most of African
• countries, and many of thee Asian countries.
• The LDC countries have the following
  characteristics
• Little to no build-up of agriculture
• Low energy production and consumption
• Subsistance farming (farm only for themselves)
• Large percentage of the population is under 15
  (causing a high birthrate because a large
  percentage of the population is entering it's
  "reproductive stage")
• Infant mortality rate is high
• Poorly developed trade and transportation
• Poor medical facilities
• High illiteracy and unemployment rates
• GNP is under 3,000 per year.

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NICs

• NICs are countries whose economies have not yet
  reached
• MEDC status but are out developing similar
  countries. NICs are
• usually undergoing rapid economic growth (usually
  export
• oriented).
• NICs usually share some other common features,
  including
• Increased civil rights
• Strong political leaders.
• A switch from agricultural to industrial
  economies
• Increasingly free trade with countries in the
  world.
• Large international corporations setting up in
  the country.
• Lowered poverty rates.
• NICs often receive support from outside
  organisations or other countries.

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Stages of Economic Development

• Stage 1 The traditional society
• Stage 2 The preconditions for takeoff
• Stage 3 The takeoff
• Stage 4 The drive to maturity
• Stage 5 The age of high mass consumption
• The United Nations groups countries into three
  categories
• MDCs (more-developed countries)
• LDCs (less-developed countries)
• LLDCs (least-developed countries)
• Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) - Countries
  that are experiencing rapid economic expansion
  and industrialization and do not exactly fit as
  LDCs or MDCs

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Stages of Development

• The United Nations groups countries into three
  categories
• MEDCs (more economically developed countries)
• LEDCs (less economically developed countries)
• LDCs (leastdeveloped countries)
• NICs (newly industrialized countries) - are
  experiencing rapid economic expansion and
  industrialization and do not exactly fit as LDCs
  or MDCs

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Rostow Model
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Rostows Model

1. What is Rostows model based on?
2. What is its most important purpose?
3. Discuss in pairs the 5 stages through which all
   developing societies must pass, based on his
   model for feedback

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