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Introduction Lesson 2. Objectives  Explore the concept of international development.  Identify the main goals of developing nations.  Describe the.

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1 Introduction Lesson 2

2 Objectives  Explore the concept of international development.  Identify the main goals of developing nations.  Describe the problems facing developing nations.  Discuss foreign aid.

3 Warm Up  Identify 3 different elements of culture we discussed yesterday.  What causes cultural change?

4 Age of Imperialism  When a country exerts poly, econ, social control over another Imperial Powers?  Changed global power relations Increased imperial wealth Spread tech & democracy, other elements not adapted

5 Think-Pair-Share  What countries practiced Imperialism?  Which countries were influenced by imperialism?

6 Consequences  Political Poor boundaries Failed infrastructure  Economic Exploited resources Single-crop econ. Dependence on Euro & US  Lots of underdeveloped nations

7 T-P-S  Describe 5 things to look at when trying to decide if a country is developed of developing.

8 International Development  UNDP Index of Human Dvpt Longevity Knowledge Standard of Living  Map Activity  http://www.canadian geographic.ca/world map/cida/cidaworld map.aspx http://www.canadian geographic.ca/world map/cida/cidaworld map.aspx  http://hdr.undp.org/e n/data/map/ http://hdr.undp.org/e n/data/map/

9 International Development  Developed Old - “First World” New – “Global North” Industrialized Ex: US, CAN, W. Euro, JPN, SK, AUS.  Developing Old - “Third World” New – “Global South” Newly-industrializing: Mexico, China, India, Brazil Less-developed: Africa & South Asia

10 Goals of Modernization  Political Stability Borders Power  Economic Diversity Agriculture & Industry Tariffs Privatization  Education & Services

11 Problems of Development  Heavy Borrowing = Debt Relief? Forgiveness?  Population Explosion  Urbanization Population Density  Cultural Change

12 Role of Foreign Aid  4 Types? Humanitarian Military & Security Economic Stabilization Development  3 Events Most Impact? Cold War Asian Crisis ‘97 9/11  Philosophy Behind? Global stability increases US security  Aid Org’s? USAID MCA IMF/World Bank  Trade & Investment as alternative?

13 Closure  What are the 4 goals of developing nations? Stable governments Economic diversity Increased education/literacy Improved services


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