Elective Geography Secondary 3 Normal Academic- Strategies to Alleviate Uneven Development 2

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Secondary 3 Elective- NAChapter 10: Strategies to Alleviate Uneven Development

16th April

Arman Alluwie TP2 (SHSS) 1

Arman Alluwie TP2 (SHSS)

2+Feedback:International Agreements Definition

decisions and strategies that are agreed upon when leaders of different countries meet to discuss world issues.


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United Nations General Assembly


4+Feedback:International Agreements

during the meeting,they bring up concerns

1.1 billion peoplein extreme poverty

who owns the Sea?

for example …


5+Feedback:International Agreements

and then they decide orthink of a strategy toaddress the issues

for example …

UNMDG

UNCLOS

1.1 billion peoplein extreme poverty

who owns the Sea?

for example …


6+Feedback:International Agreements What is the UNMDG for?

Help to alleviate uneven development in the world to help LDCs achieve greater development

help LDCs get out of poverty and other issues such as …


7+Feedback: International Agreements

pg 206 of textbook


8+Feedback:International Agreements How do they decide who gets the “port”?

Countries will refer to the rules within the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea)

for example …


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10+Feedback: Problems of International Agreements What was the Korean guy saying?

Asking World Leaders to give the UNMDG close attention

Cannot afford to leave the poor behind


11+Feedback:International Organisations How does financial assistance help the poor?

by giving them loans (at little or no interest) so that they can invest in tools to allow them to make more money

for example,buying a sewing machineso that she can sew curtaindrapes for sale

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Last Week


Strategies to Alleviate Uneven Development

International Cooperation National Development

InternationalOrganisations

InternationalAgreements

•World Bank•Asian Development Bank

•United NationsMillenniumDevelopment Goals•United NationsConvention on theLaw of the Sea

Improving accessto clean watersupply andsanitation

Improvingeducationstandards

Populationcontrol

Job creationand financialassistance

… Today, 18th, 25th Apr


13+Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson, we would have described efforts in job creation and providing

financial assistance for the poor to promote national development

described measures taken to improve education standards to promote national development


14+Strategies to Alleviate Uneven Development

International Cooperation National Development

InternationalOrganisations

InternationalAgreements

•World Bank•Asian Development Bank

•United NationsMillenniumDevelopment Goals•United NationsConvention on theLaw of the Sea



Populationcontrol


Today

Notes/ Textbook


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Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo

CorePeriphery


16+Alleviate Uneven Development: National Scale Core- Periphery

Core rich urban areas wealthy, enjoys a good quality of life

Peripheries poor rural villages poverty, poor quality of life


17+National Development

Definition increase in the wealth of a country, resulting in a

higher standard of living for its citizens

Different countries, different challenges

Environmental Challenge Political Challenge


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National Development



Populationcontrol


Aims

1. Increase GDP and GDP per capita

2. Overcome problems cause by rapid population growth

3. Improve quality of life

total income generated bya country in one year


19+Job Creation and Financial Assistance: KALAHI government needs to ensure that there are

enough jobs for the people countries with lower GDP per capita develop more

slowly than countries with a higher GDP per capita improve quality of life

for example,buying a sewing machineso that she can sew curtaindrapes for sale


20+KALAHI Project:Before 4.3 million poor families in the Philippines

Widening income gap between rich and poor

Most of the poor working in informal sector small family-run business, delivery and domestic

services

pg 214- 215


21+KALAHI Project:During “Linking Arms Against Poverty”

help poor set up and run small businesses small loans to productive businesses interest free loans to ultra-poor training and advice

provided by banks and private organizations


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhr_eg3k6Y


23+KALAHI Project:After 3 million people benefited

600 000 agricultural jobs created in rural areas

1.7 million people provided with jobs through job placement schemes

poverty rates reduced in rural areas


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un-MpHd08kg


25+Improving Education Standards:Hill Tribes, Northern Thailand Higher literacy rate tend to be more developed

More people who can read and write

Higher likelihood of them finding a job

Upgrade their skills through training and development programmes


26+Hill Tribes, Northern Thailand:Before 1 million people from hill tribes

living in extreme poverty

no formal education

much lower standard of living


27+Hill Tribes, Northern Thailand:During Hill Tribe Education Project

volunteer teachers from developed regions lived with taught hill tribe community Thai and Maths basic life and social skills sustainable development


28+Hill Tribes, Northern Thailand:After found employment in cities to increase incomes

agricultural production improved

BUT limited effectiveness as hill tribes were isolated (far)

and difficult to communicate with


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-EeYe9xpVY