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Development and the Tertiary Sector
AP Human Geography Industrialization and Economic Development Unit
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For today, 02/10 Go to Socrative.com (ROOM ) and begin the activity. Do not consult any outside sources – hopefully you GET it!
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Concepts to Revisit and Understand:
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) vs. GNP (Gross National Product) GNI (Gross National Income) High % primary = LDC High % tertiary = MDC
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Use EVIDENCE to explain:
(1.) High employment in the tertiary sector in MDCs. (2.) Exceptions to #1 (high employment in tertiary sector in MDCs). (3.) High employment in primary sector in LDCs.
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2015 HDI Rankings (1.) Norway (2.) Australia (3.) Switzerland (4.) Denmark (5.) Netherlands (134.) Vanuatu TOURISM! Explain how the countries below are “outliers” regarding their level of development: (1.) Vanuatu: % of GDP from tertiary sector
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Vanuatu & Australia Vanuatu Australia 2014 HDI Rank 134 2
% Workforce = Tertiary 30% 75% % of GDP = Tertiary 62% 69% 65% of Vanuatu’s labor force is involved in agriculture, most of which is subsistence or small-scale (it would be lower if its agricultural and physiological densities were lower). The spike in GDP coming from the tertiary sector can be accounted for by tourism - it is host to several hundred thousand tourists each year, mostly from Australia and New Zealand.
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