Chapter 1.4 part 2

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

1.4 Opportunities and threats for Nigeria

H1 Nigera: rich but still poor

Ways to encourage development:

1. Development cooperation
   
2. global free trade
   
3. Foreign investment
   
4. Working abroad

Working abroad

Working abroad:

Residents migrate to other countries to work there.

For example, because the wages are higher there.

Working abroad

Positive things:

• Many migrants send money to their families.

Negative things:

• Braindrain

Who can explain this shift

From development aid to development cooperation

This is an example of......

1. Emergency aid
2. Structural aid

This is an example of....

1. Emergency aid
2. Structural aid

This is an example of...

1. Emergency aid
2. Structural aid

Global free trade

System that allows all the countries in the world to trade with one another without tariff walls.

It's makes it easy to import and export.

Earn a lot from what they are best at (petroleum, cocoa) and often where it is cheapest

Les 8 - Vrije wereldhandel

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positive things

* Countries can produce  what they can do well or cheapest;

* Companies have access to foreign markets - so there is more sales;

* More competition which makes production more efficient - you have to get the best out of yourself;

* You can get products that are not available in your own country.

Global free trade?

Negative things

* Competition makes prices lower (an advantage for the consumer!) or you can lose the competition;

* Fluctuations in price;

* Import products are cheaper - Nigerian companies sell nothing;

* Protection of one's own production against competition from abroad.

Drag the right keyword to the right explaination.

Export

Global free trade

Import

import duties

delivery of products and services to another country.

When products enter a country

Taxes on products imported into a country

Trading system in which all countries in the world can trade with each other

Other ways to stimulate development:

Foreign investments:

Foreign companies bring money to the country by investing (establishing, buying or building companies there)

Other countries invests in Africa. China is the largest investor.

Give two advantages of the construction of the railway for Nigeria.

What is a negative consequence of foreign investment

1. There are more jobs
2. Roads are being built
3. A lot of investments in Nigeria
4. A lot of the profit goes abroad

Other ways to stimulate development:

Working abroad:

Residents migrate to other countries to work there.

For example, because the wages are higher there.

Other ways to stimulate development:

• Positive things:

Many migrants send money to their families.

• Negative things:

Braindrain

When Nigerians go to work abroad there are positive and negative consequences, drag it in the right direction!

Positive

Negative

Nigerians who working abroad sending money. 

A lot of high educated people are leaving Nigeria.

Many doctors leave abroad, as a result of this health care stops developing

Money earned abroad is invested in school supplies and houses

Homework

Go to the geo online and do assignment 5-6-7-8-9