Ethiopia belongs to the LDCs or Less Developed Countries. An example of an NIC is South Korea. NICs are middle-income industrializing nations like South Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil. Figure 4 shows evidence of a two speed world with wide differences in GDP per capita between advanced economies like the OECD nations and developing nations like the LDCs and NICs.
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AS geography progress test October 2013
1. AS Geography progress test, 4 weeks in
Name ……………………………………..
Globalisation
Study Figure 4.
a) What global grouping does Ethiopia belong to? Put a cross in the correct box. (1)
OECD nations
The NICs
The LDCs
OPEC states
NAFTA
b) Name a country from the list which could be described as an NIC ……………………… (1)
c) What are newly industrialised countries (NICs)?
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d) State the evidence, in Figure 4, of a two speed world.
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