jump to content of this page Bized logo linked to homepage
Bookmark and Share

Development Strategies - Mind Map

Mind Maps have been produced to introduce topics and give students an overview of key topics being studied. The maps can be viewed as a whole page or, for those who prefer a more linear approach, as a text version.

Development Strategies mind map - linked to larger version

View larger version of the mind map.

  • Diversification of Industrial Base
    • Reduce reliance on single commodity
    • Import substitution
    • Schumacher's intermediate technology
  • Agricultural Development
    • Property Rights
    • International Agreements
    • Land Reform
    • Productivity Improvements
    • Abolition of Price Controls
    • Trade Liberalisation
  • Free Market Strategies
    • Improve the efficiency of price signals
    • Improve competitiveness of markets
    • Improve efficiency of capital and labour
    • Problems of market failure
      • Pollution
      • Environmental Degradation
      • Public goods/merit goods
  • Structural Change
    • Lewis Two-Sector Model
    • Structural Adjustment Policies
  • Cancellation of international debt
  • Trade Strategies
    • Outward looking
      • Reducing the levels of protection
      • Encouraging investment flows
      • Publicising the country's trade and goods
      • Economies of scale
      • Competition stimulates efficiency
    • Inward looking
      • Erect protective barriers
      • Subsidise domestic producers
      • Import substitution
  • Population Control
    • Reduce dependency ratio
  • Encourage Savings and Investment
    • Harrod-Domar
    • Foreign Direct Investment