The sharp division between developed and developing countries is often described as the “North-South Divide.” The term was coined during the cold war as a way to geographically categorise countries on the basis of their socio-economic development level. With the rise of the Asian Tigers, Newly Industrialising Economies and not to mention Middle Eastern oil [...]
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The ‘North-South Divide’, still relevant today?
Posted in Contemporary History, Economic History, tagged Economic Development, GDP per Capita, North South Divide on 12/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
China’s High-Yield Agriculture: A Double-Edged Sword?
Posted in Economic History, Imperial History, tagged China, Economic Development, High-Yield Agriculture, Physiocratic State, Rice on 01/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
The climatic and natural conditions found within the northern and southern territories of pre-modern China were conducive to wheat and rice cultivation respectively. Soil qualities, regularity of precipitation, the existence of rivers providing ease of irrigation and the length of frost-free time periods gave these types of agriculture comparative advantages within each respective geo-climatic zone. [...]
Back to the Future for Africa?
Posted in Economic History, Imperial History, tagged Africa, China, Chinese Iron Ore Imports, Chinese Steel Production, Commodity Demand, Economic Development, Imperial History, Transportation Infrastructure on 04/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
The partition had left the European powers in control of the African continent, what followed was resource extraction in order to make the venture profitable. The industrial revolution had greatly enhanced the world’s demand for raw materials, commodities such as cotton, rubber, coal, iron ore, copper and others had increased enough in value to justify [...]
Relative Economic Development
Posted in Economic History, tagged Africa, British Empire, Economic Development, Ghana, Kenya, Misgovernment, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Zambia on 16/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
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The Economics of Violence
Posted in Imperial History, Violence, tagged Economic Development, Violence on 03/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is there a relationship between a society’s level of socio-economic development and it’s level of violence? There is, as this chart seem to suggest. I used the parameters murder rate per 1000 citizens and GDP per Capita (2006) and charted it in a scatterplot. What is interesting is that the murder rate (as a proxy [...]
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