South Asia: Government and Economy

World Cultures South and Southeast Asia South Asia: Government and Economy
Students create economic passports for three countries in South Asia—India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh—and consider the implications of some of their findings. Next, they create a map that compares economic aspects of the region with the United States, drawing conclusions about what they find. Finally, students explore the topic of child labor as a part of the economic system of South Asia and consider what they and others can do to help stop it.

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Overview:

In this experience, students investigate the governments and economies of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and compare major industries, resources, exports, and economic conditions. They examine how government decisions can affect businesses, workers, trade, and economic opportunities. Finally, students analyze child labor in the fashion supply chain as a case study of how economic conditions, business decisions, and government rules can affect people’s lives.

Students collaborate in small groups for scenes 2.

Objectives:

  • Compare major features of the governments and economies of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
  • Explain how government decisions and economic conditions can affect businesses, workers, and trade


Globalization has connected the economies of the world. Many products used in a country are produced in other countries. A shirt sold in a local store might begin with cotton grown in one place, be turned into fabric somewhere else, be sewn in a factory in South Asia, and then travel through ports and stores before reaching a customer.

Making and selling that shirt involves more than a business. Workers provide labor, companies make decisions about production, and governments create rules about trade, workplaces, wages, transportation, and other parts of the economy. Roads, ports, electricity, technology, and natural resources can also affect what businesses are able to produce.

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all have large economies connected to agriculture, manufacturing, services, and international trade. Their governments also make decisions that affect how these economies operate.

In this experience, you will compare the economies and governments of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and examine how government decisions and economic conditions can affect businesses, workers, and the choices people make.

Objectives:

  • Compare major features of the governments and economies of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
  • Explain how government decisions and economic conditions can affect businesses, workers, and trade


child at a sewing machine

What does a product made in one country and sold in another reveal about how economies in different places are connected?

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After students respond, invite several students to explain the connections they identified.

Use the discussion to establish that making and selling one product can connect workers, businesses, resources, transportation systems, consumers, and countries. Then introduce government as another part of this relationship. Governments make decisions about trade, transportation, workplaces, taxes, and business rules that can affect how products are made and sold.

Possible follow-up questions include:

  • Who might be involved in making and selling a T-shirt?
  • What resources are needed to produce it?
  • How could a business in one country depend on workers or materials in another?
  • How does trade connect different economies?
  • What government decisions could affect how the shirt is produced or sold?
  • How could a change in one country affect businesses or workers somewhere else?
  • What does this example suggest about why government and economy should be studied together?


Divide students into their small groups and assign each group one of three countries: India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. Assign a reporter to upload the result for each group, or tell the students to choose their own reporter.

When everyone is ready to continue, unlock the next scene.


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