Key question: What are the barriers to development in LEDC's?

Briefly and generally explain the causes and impacts of reduced development in LEDC's.
The causes and impacts can be economic, social, environmental and political.
Explain the significant consequences of the development gap for the poor in developing countries

2. Country introduction - 200 words

Outline the current status of development in your country using a range of indicators.
Briefly outline the general impacts of lack of development in your country using the indicators, government and non-government reports and media articles.
Introduce your country with maps and indicator table

3. Development barriers - 300 words

What are the domestic barriers to development? - use references and quotes. Be specific.
Consider a minimum of three factors.
Use indicator data and visual resources to support and illustrate your analysis

4. Improving development - 300 words

Propose a strategy to improve development in your country, it may be an improvement of existing programs or an entirely new strategy.
The recommended strategy must reflect one or more issues identified in Part 2 of the country profile.
Expected benefits of proposed solution - IE increased GNI, skills and investment
You may consider a national or regional solution.
Present your research as a multimodal presentation or report.

Development investigation checklist - have I done the following?

Annotated and explained the resources used to describe the level of development in my chosen country.
Outlined the factors limiting development; including physical, social and economic factors.
Used media reports and case studies to examine (2) two aspects of the lack of development in my chosen country, what does lack of development look like?
Examined one factor that is contributing to development in my chosen country. Considering levels of FDI, GDP growth and aid flows.
Used an abundance of graphs, maps and tables to illustrate my findings (annotated and labelled)
Included the bibliography

Child mortality rate (CMR)

Life expectancy at birth

Fertility rate

Child malnutrition %

Female mean years of schooling

The HDI score

The MPI score

Gender inequality index rank

Corruption perceptions index rank

Foreign direct investment % of GDP

Remittances inflows % of GDP

Poverty rate

Aid % of GDP

Describe three (3) causes of the lack of development in your country

There are social, physical and economic factors that are contributing to lack of development.

For best results expand on each cause to consider other factors

Annotate visual resources to explain the trends and status within your country.
Use facts, statistics and quotes from media sources to describe the negative impacts of the selected factor.
For example, the citizens of many countries experience corruption in their daily lives and as a result their human potential is limited.

Development barriers: there are causes not listed here!

The good news is something we should do more of.
Identify a strategy to improve development outcomes in your country.
Highlight the success of this strategy in other countries
For example, FDI and foreign aid all contribute to rising living standards in LEDC's.
Use facts, statistics and quotes from media sources to describe the positive improvements associated with the selected factor.
Make recommendations based on your research