GGR207H5 Lecture : Lecture Notes I took in class
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Ggr117 y october 2010, global population is 7 billion y. Imr is better than cbr because it provides better insights into economic conditions y whats correct- crude density is the total population divided by total land area. Italy has a higher crude death rate than mexico. y. because you need new seeds every year, machinery, fertilizer. If they cannot afford this then they are pushed onto poorer land or marginal land. In rawanda, the higher violence was where there was less food: females were doing a lot of work in poorer farms but exclude women in the green revolution farms. many societies women don t have property rights so they cant secure loans. February 6th 2012: dependency on primary exports in many poor countries. rawanda and uganda y more than 80% of their income comes from one export so they cant control the price for the product because they have only one product to depend on. y.
