Chapter 23 Growth and the Less Developed Countries
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Chapter 23 Growth and the Less. Developed Countries • Key Concepts • Summary • Practice Quiz © 2004 Thomson/South-Western 1
What is one way to compare the wellbeing of one country to another? GDP per capita 2
What is GDP per capita? The value of final goods produced (GDP) divided by the total population 3
What are problems with GDP per capita comparisons? § measurement § ignore relative income distribution § conversion problems § purchasing power parity 4
What are industrially advanced countries ? High-income nations that have market economies based on large stocks of technologically advanced capital and well-educated labor 5
Who are the IACs? The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and most of the countries of Western Europe 6
What are lessdeveloped countries? Economies based on agriculture which are lacking large stocks of technologically advanced capital and well-educated labor 7
Who are the LDCs? Most countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America 8
Is GDP per capita correlated with other measures of quality of life? Yes 9
What are quality of life indicators? • Life expectancy • Adult literacy • Daily calorie supply • Energy consumption per capita 10
What factors come together to produce a country’s growth? • Natural resources • Investment in capital • Investment in human capital • Low population growth • Infrastructure • Technological progress • Political environment 11
Q Manufactured Goods 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Exhibit 4 Economics Growth PPC 2 PPC 1 Agricultural Goods 100 200 300 Q 400 500 12
Economics Growth in resources or technological advance 13
What is infrastructure? Capital goods usually provided by the government, including highways, bridges, waste and water systems, and airports 14
What is a major problem for LDCs? They find themselves in a vicious cycle of poverty 15
What is the vicious circle of poverty? The trap in which countries are poor because they cannot afford to save and invest, but they cannot save and invest because they are poor 16
What are the political factors favorable for economic growth? • Law and order • Infrastructure • International trade 17
Economic growth and development Natural resources endowment Human resources development Capital investment Technological Political progress environment 18
What is foreign aid? The transfer of money or resources from one government to another for which no repayment is required 19
What is the Agency for International Development? AID is the agency of the U. S. State Department that is in charge of U. S. aid to foreign countries 20
What is the World Bank? The lending agency that makes long-term lowinterest loans and provides technical assistance to lessdeveloped countries 21
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? The lending agency that makes short-term conditional low-interest loans to developing countries 22
What is the New International Economic Order (NIEO)? A series of proposals made by LDCs calling for changes that would accelerate the economic growth and development of the LDCs 23
Key Concepts 24
Key Concepts • What is GDP per capita? • What are industrially advanced countries (IACS)? • What are less-developed countries (LDCS)? • What are quality of life indicators? • What factors come together to produce a country’s well being? 25
Key Concepts cont. • What is the vicious circle of poverty? • What are the political factors favorable for economic growth? • What is foreign aid? • What is the World Bank? • What is the IMF? • What is the NIEO? 26
Summary 27
GDP per capita provides a general index of a country’s standard of living. Countries with low GDP per capita and slow growth in GDP per capita are less able to satisfy basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, education, and health. 28
Industrially advanced countries (IACs) are countries in which GDP per capita is high and output is produced by technologically advanced capital. Countries that earn high income without widespread industrial development, such as the oil-rich Arab countries, are not included in the IAC list. 29
Less-developed countries (LDCs) are countries with low production person. In these countries, output is produced without large amounts of technologically advanced capital and well-educated labor. The LDCs account for about threefourths of the world’s population. 30
The Four Tigers of the Pacific Rim are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. These newly industrialized countries have achieved high growth rates and standards of living approaching those of many of the IACs. 31
GDP per capita comparisons are subject to four problems: (1) the accuracy of LDC data is questionable, (2) GDP per capita ignores the degree of income distribution, (3) changes in exchange rates affect gaps between countries, and (4) there is no adjustment for the cost-of-living differences between countries. 32
Economic growth and economic development are related, but somewhat different, concepts. Economic growth is measured quantitatively by GDP per capita, while economic development is a broader concept. 33
In addition to GDP per capita, economic development includes quality-of-life measures, such as life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate, and per capita energy consumption. 34
Economic growth and development are the result of a complex process that is determined by five major factors: (1) natural resources, (2) human resources, (3) capital, (4) technological progress, and (5) the political environment. There is no single correct strategy for economic development, and a lack of strength in one or more of the five areas does not prevent growth. 35
The vicious circle of poverty is a trap in which the LDC is too poor to save and therefore it cannot invest and shift its production possibilities curve outward. As a result, the LDC remains poor. 36
One way for a poor country to gain savings, invest, and grow is to use funds from external sources, such as foreign private investment, foreign aid, and foreign loans. Borrowing by many LDCs led to the debt crises of the 1980 s, which was resolved by writing off and restructuring the loans. 37
Low income Low productivity Low savings Low investment 38
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