GEOG 1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Canadian International Development Agency, Human Development Index, Amartya Sen
7 May 2018
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GEOG 1410
February 13, 2018
Development
Development Geography as a subfield of Economic Geography
● Geography
● Economic Geography
● Development Geography (part of Economic Geography)
○ Why study development?
○ Intellectual
○ Political
○ Ethical
○ Self-interest
■ Disease; migration; political violence; market; climate change
● Why should you care what is happening elsewhere?
○ Studying development is for peace
○ Development is the best protection against conflict and terrorism
● US: Agency for International Development (AID)
● Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
● Why is it that poor countries are poor? Why is inequality happening?
● Inequality between nations is bigger than inequality within nations.
● Not to have an identity is the identity of Canada?
Economic development as a process of change in:
● Social-spatial division of labour (farming to industry, etc.)
○ Some people do x, others do y
○ Specialization
● Social relations (feudalism to capitalism to socialism to capitalism)
○ Society has moved from one mode of production to another
○ First society to last: from hunter gatherer to capitalism
● Method and conditions of production
○ Technology
■ Wooden plow to tractor
○ The built environment
■ Geographical framework from which you live; layout of society
● Labour productivity
○ Society produces more every hour
○ Most significant indicator of a developing society
● Conditions of living (material and non-material)
Per-capita income (GNP/GDP) (Gross National, Gross Domestic)
● The faster its growth rate, higher its income
● GNP is linked to industrialization
○ Industrialization adds value
○ Less people are employed in farming
Document Summary
Development geography as a subfield of economic geography. Disease; migration; political violence; market; climate change. Development is the best protection against conflict and terrorism. Inequality between nations is bigger than inequality within nations. Economic development as a process of change in: Social-spatial division of labour (farming to industry, etc. ) Some people do x, others do y. Social relations (feudalism to capitalism to socialism to capitalism) Society has moved from one mode of production to another. First society to last: from hunter gatherer to capitalism. Geographical framework from which you live; layout of society. Most significant indicator of a developing society. The faster its growth rate, higher its income. Intra-nation socio-spatial inequalities in gnp/gdp per capita. To say increase in money is the most important indicator of development is a narrow view. A country may have high average income, that does not mean people are doing well (saudi arabia produces a ton of oil, common people are not rich)
