Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
industrialization, globalization, economic systems, and distribution of wealth
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- growth, poverty, and inequality
- different standards of living and economic activities in Asian countries and regions
- pros and cons of foreign trade and investment in Asia and with Asia
- environmental sustainability and economic growth
- labour conditions and economic development
- export-led growth models
- rapid post-war economic growth and development in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan
- role of the state in economic development
- uneven development, urbanization, and growing inequality within and between countries (e.g., the move from rural to urban centres in China and Bangladesh)
keywords
industrialization, globalization, economic systems, and distribution of wealth