Development

Historical Development Models
After the 2nd World War the world was divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd worlds - see map below:



The Brandt Line Map - Shows the rich north and the poor south. This was developed in the 1980s - is it still relevant today?



Here is the world today - using the HDI data to draw a choropleth map - you can see that the North-South map is somewhat out of date as the countries of South America and SE Asia become more developed.



[|Human Development Index]

General Information & Resources
[|Heinemann Atlas - data sets for all of the World's countries]

[|Calculating Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient]





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= = __**Hans Rosling talks about the gap between richest and poorest**__ = = __**Contrasting Levels of Development**__ In this task you will look at the differences between Niger and Norway and examine the reasons why the level of development between the two countries is so vastly different.





[|Human Development Report - Norway] [|Human Development Report - Niger]



[|Noway and Niger Gapminder Graph]



[|Encyclopedia of the Nations - Norway] [|Encyclopedia of the Nations - Niger]

[|Background on Niger] [|Background on Norway]

[|Urban statistics for Niger]

[|UN Development Report - Noway] [|UN Development Report - Niger]



[|Britannica Encyclopedia - Norway] [|Britannica Encyclopedia - Niger]







[|Aid donors by country] [|Niger's economy and foreign aid] [|World Bank Country Classification]

Developing an Essay
 * Question:** //Examine the reasons for the contrasting levels in development between Norway and Niger.//


 * Introduction** - create a detailed plan of what the essay is attempting to address and outlines the countires under study.


 * Main body of essay** - distinguishes the key differences between the two countries and, in separate paragraphs, examines (looks) in detail at the factors that have lead to the development differences between the two countries.


 * Conclusion - v**ery brief summary statement of what you have shown but what new can be drawn from the examination of the factors that have caused the differences? Fore example, is one factor more influential than another in causing these differences. Is a country largely at fault for its own level of development or are others to blame? Are there factors beyond the control of people in that country that cause it to be more or less develoed?