INT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Bottom Billion
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Poor people are poor because of lack of opportunity, education, Bottom billion have no gdp growth. no income. sum to totally good/ service, production per capita falling behind and apart. Africa and central asia- fail to develop because of. 1 conflict within the state. civil war= poor, low income, economic is weak. people starts to rebel. rebellion became easy. state is in turmoil. cause of civil war: low income, slow growth, dependence on export for commodity. 2natural resources cause the whole country to invest in one sector of the economy. government fail to diversify the economy and make investments in other sector such as agriculture , manufacture, and new technology innovation. Ex. middle east, africa. states controls economy. government are wealthy. don t need people. Ex: uganda vs. switzerland. they depend on their neighbor. infrastructure to the coast. need to have good relationship with the neighbors to get through to the coast. import and export.
