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This 8 page paper considers why countries with tropical climate are much poorer compared to countries with temperate climate. The paper looks at the different influences, such as technological development, specifically in the areas of healthcare and agriculture, problems related to the climate, the position at the beginning of the era of modern economic growth with the temperate countries being more developed, the urbanisation and demographic transformation in the different areas and the colonisation impact. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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only 68% of the temperate zones (Sachs, 2001). By 1992 this gap had increased, with tropical countries only having an income of 25% the temperate countries income level (Sachs, 2001).
The growth levels are also different. In the temperate zones there is an average annual growth rate of 1.4% compared to only 0.9% in the tropics, this divergence in the
growth rate explains how the gap has increased (Koretz, 2001). Many of the initiatives that have been proposed to help these countries develop have been based on economic measures,
such as developing trade and increasing liberalisation in the economy. However, these do not take into consideration the climate of the countries and as such may be ignoring some very
important influences on the development. This pattern of development is one that has been established over many years and over a broad area.
Sachs (2001), supports the Koeppen-Geiger climate classification system, a zoned model where the globe can be seen in horizontal bands, the middle band, representing the tropical countries consists of the
poorest nations with the temperate bands above and blow both having greater economic development levels. The more extreme regions in terms of cold weather also demonstrates a dip compared
to the temperate climate (Landes, 1999). Using this as a basis it is possible to look at the development patterns and
trends in order to identify some potential causes that are divergent to the traditional trade theories. These can be divided into five main areas; the development of technology,
the differences are especially apparent in areas such as agriculture and health (Landes, 1999). These may be ecologically specific with developments taking place more easily n the temperate climates.
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