Economic development
Explain the development gap, indicators of development, strategies to reduce it, and a case study of a LIC or NEE
What you'll learn
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Imagine your town gets a new factory 🏭. More people have jobs, shops get busier, and roads get improved — that's economic development!
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Which of these is a sign of economic development?
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Drag the bars to show how a country's wealth changes as it develops — poor countries have most people working on farms, rich countries have most in services.
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Let's see how a country develops using the 'development ladder' idea.
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Sort these countries from lowest to highest development: Ethiopia (farming), Brazil (factories), Norway (services).
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What do we call it when a country gets richer and people's lives improve?
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Which job type becomes MOST common as a country develops?
Practise Economic development with Whizlo
Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 14–16. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.