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Topic 2: Development dynamics

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What causes the uneven development that creates global inequality?

The social, historical, environmental, economic and political causes of global inequality and their consequences, and how globalisation has benefited some countries more than others.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 2 (Development dynamics) on the causes and consequences of global inequality, covering social, historical, environmental, economic and political causes of uneven development and why globalisation has benefited some countries more than others.
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How is the development of one emerging country shaped by globalisation, and what are the impacts?

The case study of one emerging country (India): its location and context, how globalisation and government policy drive rapid economic change, the positive and negative impacts on people and environment, and its changing international role.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 2 (Development dynamics) emerging country case study, using India to show how location and context, globalisation and government policy drive rapid economic change, the positive and negative impacts on people and environment, and the country's changing international role.
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What is the scale of global inequality and how can development be measured?

Contrasting ways of defining and measuring development (GDP per capita, HDI, measures of inequality, corruption indices) and how demographic data differ between developing, emerging and developed countries.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 2 (Development dynamics) on defining and measuring development, covering economic and social measures (GDP per capita, HDI, inequality and corruption indices) and how demographic data such as fertility, death rates and population structure differ between developing, emerging and developed countries.
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What causes global inequality and how can it be reduced?

The causes and consequences of global inequality; Rostow's and Frank's theories of development; and the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of top-down and bottom-up development strategies and globalisation.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 2 (Development dynamics) on the causes of global inequality, Rostow's modernisation theory and Frank's dependency theory, and the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of top-down and bottom-up development strategies and globalisation.
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