Case Study: Rural Development Comment

Dylan Postmus 2L

Case Study: Rural Development

The rural development shown in this clip is an admirable movement of the AnyWay Foundation. By helping this community develop in a sustainable way, the Foundation is opening opportunities for the community to further develop of their own accord. As well as increasing the standard of living in this area, this project will have additional knock on effects and spinoffs. This development is sustainable in that it is not simply giving the community bricks. It’s giving them the tools to make bricks, this means the bricks won’t be used up immediately but instead means that the community will be able to make as many bricks as they want. The resources used here are therefore sustainable. These rural development projects are important for the country as they help the country develop. South Africa especially has some very developed areas and some much less developed areas. In order to make the levels of development more constant, these projects are vital. Education, the economy and the health of the general people will improve as a result.

It will help the country to further develop, as 1. People will now have proper housing and won’t have to live in shacks anymore. They won’t have to worry about floods any longer. 2. It will increase life expectancy in the area, as people now have proper housing that will protect them from the elements. Older people, who are vulnerable to cold, will live longer. People won’t get sick as easily. 3. It is very possible that these people in this area don’t believe in going to a hospital to deliver children and will do it themselves (Or cannot afford the costs of a hospital. With the improved housing, it will be safer to deliver children, who are very vulnerable, as the conditions won’t be as bad as they would be in a lesser shelter. Women who are giving birth will be more protected from the elements 4. Houses made of lesser material have to constantly be adjusted. With secure housing, the people in the rural area can spend more time on the farming that will increase the GNI per person, i.e. they can spend more time working and less time worrying about the conditions of their homes. Productivity will increase 5. People in this area have been taught how to build housing. This may be useful if they are in search of jobs, which, if they do go from unemployed to using these skills as a profession, will decrease the unemployment rate. They can also sell the bricks that they are now able to make, enabling them to generate income.

Development: Activity 1 Answers

Dylan Postmus HSS

 Activity 1: Development

1.       Development: a process where something is further refined, improved or expanded. Something becomes more adapt, more efficient. Infrastructure is built, technology is bettered.

2.       GNI per person, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, percentage of children receiving secondary education, number of fixed-line and cell phones per 1000 people, GDP,.

3.        

Developed Countries (MEDCs)	Developing Countries (LEDCs)
GNI per person more than $6 000 a year	GNI per person less than $6000 a year
Many industries produce high-value products	Underdeveloped industrial sector
Extensive trading (exports and imports)	Low value exports
High levels of education	Large number of unemployed poor, small number of very wealthy people
Good health care	Health care problems

4.       LEDCs-Less Economically Developed Countries

MEDCs-More Economically Developed Countries

5.       It is an accurate account of how a country is developing, as it measures poverty, literacy, life expectancy and education. Should it be found that a country is dealing well with all of these aspects (developing them, then it is safe to say that it is developed, seeing as it’s general population are better provided for, its public systems have been improved. These are all indicators of how well a country is able to function, therefore, a developed country is a country that has been “bettered”, and therefore these factors are part of a developed country. More than one indicator used.

5.1   There is a small correlation. Some countries with high rates of female death at birth.are also among the top ten lowest HDI ranking countries.

5.2   As the infant mortality rate is a factor in deciding which countries are developed and which aren’t, some countries with high infant mortality rates are among the top ten lowest ranking HDI countries. Low HDI ranking companies don't have very good access to medical care, or even other things like clean water. These factors make for high health risks, causing death at birth. 

5.3   High infant mortality rates, low GNI per person, poor health care. Lack of employment.

5.4   Subsistence farming is when a farming community farms not to trade the products, but to use them for the upkeep of the community, i.e. to feed the community with its own crops/livestock.

5.5   They need to create enough product to be able to export. (better farm machines, bigger crops)

6.       Sustainable Development means that the resources fueling development are used in such a way that they might be used for a longer period of time, i.e. not exhausted

7.       Goal1: End extreme poverty and hunger

Goal2: Give primary education to all children

Goal3: Promote equality between men and women, and promote women

Goal4: Reduce child mortality    

Goal5: Improve health of pregnant mothers

Goal6: Fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases

Goal7: Make sure the environment I used in a sustainable way

Goal8: Encourage partnerships between governments, businesses and other organisations to work together for development

What Development means to me

This is my mind-map showing what development means to me: