{"id":660,"date":"2011-02-21T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/economics\/developed-and-developing-economies-online-resources-and-revision-materials\/"},"modified":"2011-02-21T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T14:44:02","slug":"developed-and-developing-economies-online-resources-and-revision-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/economics\/developed-and-developing-economies-online-resources-and-revision-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Developed and Developing Economies – Online Resources and Revision Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full title of this section from the IGCSE syllabus is:<\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018Developed and developing economies: trends in production, population and living standards\u2019<\/em><\/font><\/h2>\n

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Here is what the syllabus requires of us: <\/font><\/p>\n

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Candidates should be able to:
\u2022 describe why some countries are classified as developed and others are not;
\u2022 recognise and discuss policies to alleviate poverty;
\u2022 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;
\u2022 analyse the problems and consequences of these population changes for countries at different stages of development;
\u2022 describe the effects of changing size and structure of population on an economy;
\u2022 discuss differences in living standards within countries and between countries, both developed and
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\"Light <\/strong>There is a lot of overlap between this section of IGCSE Economics syllabus and the Geography (I)GCSE \u2013 if you are studying that subject, you will be able to use some of your Geography notes and resources too. Some of the websites given below are Geography revision pages.<\/font><\/p>\n

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a) describe why some countries are classified as developed and others are not; <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/iiXPXW<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/i27iUG<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/fhv3iX<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bbc.in\/hTLPaP<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/gXBBzN<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

Quite a detailed, interactive site: <\/font>http:\/\/bbc.in\/hZmNJh<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

Note: development is bigger than economci growth. Think of economic growth as a key ingredient of development, a sub set of development. This video by <\/font>geographyalltheway<\/font><\/strong><\/a> shows us that development can mean a lot of things:<\/font><\/p>\n