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What is Development
  • Development is a process of change and growth.
  • It is not just about money.
  • It is not just about having things such as computers or cars.
  • It is about improving the quality of life for people.
  • Some changes, which happen, that are called ‘Development’, can have negative impacts for some people.
  • Every country in the world is trying to develop.
  • Some countries develop at a faster rate than others.

1. How can a country improve the quality of life for the people who live there?
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2. How do you think that ‘Development’ can have negative impacts for some people?
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3. Why do you think that one country might develop faster than another?
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4. What would you write in an exam if asked to ‘Define Development’?
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A School Classroom in Afghanistan.

Study the image of a school classroom in Afghanistan. List the ways that the image shows Afghanistan is developing.
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List the ways that the image shows that Afghanistan still has lots of work to do to improve it’s level of development.
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A Street in Baghdad, Iraq.

War can halt the development of a country, or even reverse it. Explain why.
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LEDC = Less Economically Developed Country.

MEDC = More Economically Developed Country.

Decide whether these countries are LEDCs or MEDCs. You may use the CIA World Factbook is you get stuck – but it will not tell you the answer!
Australia / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Bolivia / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Canada / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Ethiopia / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
France / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Germany / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Guatemala / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Haiti / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Japan / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Madagascar / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Mozambique / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Nepal / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Norway / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Philippines / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Somalia / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Spain / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
The Netherlands / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
United Kingdom / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
United States of America / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country
Vietnam / Less Economically Developed CountryMore Economically Developed Country

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