GEOG 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sub-Saharan Africa, British Columbia Interior, Environmental Degradation
26 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Lesotho and swaziland: traditional kingdoms relying on workers" remittances abroad. Namibia: former german colony with lingering cultural influence, impoverished, subsistence farming amid mining. Botswana: contrasts: subsistence farming and diamonds, severe aids problem. Violent land reform destroyed the agricultural economy. Together with cabinda exclave, surrounded by the congo: post-independence deterioration. Cold war divisions wreaked havoc on the thriving economy: economic rebound. At one time, fastest-growing economy in the world. Oil production: national revenues and international investment. Upper-middle-income country does not reflect conditions for most: former portuguese decency. Independence and marxist course brought disastrous economic and political consequences. At one time was world"s poorest country: advantages. New discoveries of offshore natural gas reserves: inequality reigns. No effort at distributing benefits of growth. Mineral wealth stymied by global commodity prices and neighbouring conflicts. Environmental degradation and fluctuations create boom and busts. Colonial legacies: mostly british and french, with one portuguese, littler interaction and no economic interdependence, cultural divisions between coastal and interior peoples.
