Chapter 2 Slide 1 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc.

Chapter 2 Slide 2 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Slide 3 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Defining the Developing World n The UN’s System n World Bank’s System n The UNDP’s Human Development Index n The OECD’s system

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Chapter 2 Slide 6 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 2.1 The Developed and Developing World, 2002

Chapter 2 Slide 7 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 2.1 The Developed and Developing World, 2002 cont’d

Chapter 2 Slide 8 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Structural Diversity of Developing Economies n Size and income level

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Chapter 2 Slide 10 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Structural Diversity of Developing Economies n Size and income level n Historical background n Physical and human resources n Ethnic and religious composition n Relative importance of public and private sectors n Industrial structure

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Chapter 2 Slide 12 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Structural Diversity of Developing Economies n Size and income level n Historical background n Physical and human resources n Ethnic and religious composition n Relative importance of public and private sectors n Industrial structure n External dependence n Political structure, power, and interest groups

Chapter 2 Slide 13 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income

Chapter 2 Slide 14 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 2.2 Per Capita Gross National Product in Selected Countries, 1997 (in U.S. dollars at official exchange rates)

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Chapter 2 Slide 16 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income –Relative growth rates of national and per capita income

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Chapter 2 Slide 18 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income –Relative growth rates of national and per capita income –Distribution of national income

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Chapter 2 Slide 20 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income –Relative growth rates of national and per capita income –Distribution of national income –Extent of poverty

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Chapter 2 Slide 22 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income –Relative growth rates of national and per capita income –Distribution of national income –Extent of poverty –health

Chapter 2 Slide 23 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 2.3 Infant Mortality Rates in Selected Countries, 1998 (per 1,00 live births)

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Chapter 2 Slide 25 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living –Per capita national income –Relative growth rates of national and per capita income –Distribution of national income –Extent of poverty –Health –Education –The Human Development Index

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Chapter 2 Slide 28 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living n Low levels of productivity n High rates of population growth and dependency burdens

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Chapter 2 Slide 30 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living n Low levels of productivity n High rates of population growth and dependency burdens n Substantial dependence on agricultural production and primary exports

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Chapter 2 Slide 32 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 2.4 Composition of World Exports (percentages of primary and manufactured products)

Chapter 2 Slide 33 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Common Characteristics of Developing Nations n Low levels of living n Low levels of productivity n High rates of population growth and dependency burdens n Substantial dependence on agricultural production and primary-product exports n Prevalence of imperfect markets n Dependence and vulnerability

Chapter 2 Slide 34 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Concepts for Review n Absolute poverty n Brain drain n Crude birthrate n Death rate n Dependency burden n Developed world n Foreign exchange n Gross domestic product (GDP) n Gross national product (GNP) n Human Development Index (HDI) n Imperfect markets n Income gap n Income inequality n Incomplete information

Chapter 2 Slide 35 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Concepts for Review, cont’d n Infant mortality rate n International poverty line n Labor productivity n Least developed countries (LLDCs) n Levels of living n Low income countries (LICs) n Malnutrition n Middle-income countries (MICs) n Mixed economic systems n Newly industrialized countries (NICs) n Physical resources

Chapter 2 Slide 36 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Concepts for Review, cont’d n Primary industrial sector n Production function n Purchasing power equivalent n Purchasing power parity (PPP) n Resource endowment n Secondary industrial sector n Tertiary industrial sector n World Bank