Bottom-up development
What Bottom-up development means in Geography GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Small-scale, community-led development projects usually funded by NGOs, focusing on sustainable local improvements.
Small-scale, community-led projects that use appropriate technology and involve local people in decision-making.
Topics that use Bottom-up development
- A range of strategies has been used to try to address uneven development (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Definitions of development vary as do attempts to measure it (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Top-down development
- Appropriate technology
- Bilateral aid
- Core-Periphery Model
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- Multilateral aid
- Brandt Line
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