Developed and Developing Economies
Developed and developing economies: trends in production, population and living standards
Candidates should be able to:
- describe why some countries are classified as developed and others are not
- describe the difference between absolute and relative poverty
- recognise and discuss policies to alleviate poverty
- describe the factors that affect population growth (birth rate, death rate, fertility rate, net migration) and discuss reasons for the different rates of growth in different countries
- analyse the problems and consequences of these population changes for countries at different stages of development
- describe the effects of changing size and structure of population on an economy
- discuss differences in standards of living within countries and between countries, both developed and developing.