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Regional Development Clues #regionaldevelopment
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Specialize in high-quality, high-value products that sell for cheaper overseas than at home
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Development is limited by mountain ranges and islands
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Become the world's largest market and manufacturer.
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World's largest population and produces most consumer products
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Includes a region with the most landlocked states
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Has the world's 4th largest economy (India) behind U.S., China, and Japan.
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HDI suffers because of a high, high-school dropout rate.
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Elimination of economic barriers make this region the wealthiest in world.
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2nd largest consumer of petroleum behind the U.S.A
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Most part of former Soviet Union. Two countries are petroleum leaders (Iran, Kazakhstan).
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Holds the largest tertiary sector in the World
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World's largest consumer of steel, copper, coal, and cement
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Region's tropical climate limits cultivation of most grains.
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Soils generally poor due to heat and humidity rapidly deteriorating soil nutrients.
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Half-century of war hindered development. Wars of containment fought here.
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Least favorable prospect for development, but China is trying in this region.
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Only semi-perphery country in the region is South Africa.
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After dissolve of Soviet Union (USSR), region rapidly converted to market economy
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Desert can only sustain sparse amount of plant life in this region-Once called Middle East
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Economic development weakness is a result of poor performance-(management, quality, legal)
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Includes the "Stan" countries and is home to a country with the lowest HDI (Afghanistan).
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Region's economic problems are a legacy of the colonial era.
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Under communism, had a centrally planned economy.
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Former British colonies that have small populations, are MDCs, but located in peripheral areas.
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Region produces a large % of the world's palm oil, coconut oil, rubber, and natural fibers.
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Provides entertainment, mass media, sports, and leisure equipment
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Coffee, tea, and fruits are exported to MDCs-instead of focus on domestic foods.
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2nd highest population, resources limited as result. Beneficiary of the Green Revolution.
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Highest percentage of people living in poverty, poor health, and poor education,
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World's leading food exporter
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MDC region that is increasingly tied to Japan and other Asian countries
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Leading producer of jute, peanuts, sugar cane, tea, uranium, bauxite, rice, wheat.
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Unfavorable ratio of population to resources (extreme)
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2/3rds of people live in rural areas. Frequently suffer from famines, epidemics, floods
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Use petroleum money to promote revolutions against western development and ideals.
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Has the world's highest rate of natural increase, and the least amount of food to feed peeps.
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Recently lost its dominance in steel, auto manufacturing industries
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Region of high HDI that has completely different culture than others
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Must import most its goods, but produces the most petroleum in the World.
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World's second largest economy. Soon, if not already overtaking the 1st.
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Region is a major exporter of clothing and textiles because of cheap labor.
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Western part provides high value goods, insurance, banking, luxury vehicles.
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Finances infrastructure development through petroleum production.
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Low level of literacy among women why HDI remains low
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Low wages paid here- lead to lower wages in other LDC regions.
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World leader in phone servicing (customer relations).
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Leader in mining and mineral wealth.
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During Cold War, was considered two separate regions
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Civil wars and foreign invasion made the region fall behind in development
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Large areas of tropical rain forest are being destroyed to sell timber or for agriculture.
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Region's population is heavily located along South Atlantic Coast in large urban areas.
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Region suffers from serious internal cultural disputes, terrorism, and religious wars (most)
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Islam is the religion for 95% of this region and religion permeates daily economic life
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Contains a large amount of world's tin. Rice is main export food.
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Large income inequality. Wealthy families control land and rent to individual farmers.
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Focus resources on rigorous educational systems
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