Unit 3: Paper 2 — Development and Sustainability
Topic 3.3: Nature, practice and study of development and sustainability Questions
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Examine the importance of water security for development.
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Examine the ways in which climate change threatens development.
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Examine the ways in which trade can contribute to development.
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Discuss the view that social factors inhibit development.
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"Aid does more to trap poorer countries than to develop them." Discuss this view.
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Examine the importance of food security for development.
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"The achievement of political and social stability is essential for development." Discuss this view.
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Examine the ways in which debt can affect a country's development.
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Examine the importance of energy security for development.
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Discuss the limitations of measuring development with reference to one method you have studied.
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Examine the different types of aid and their purposes.
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Evaluate the claim that energy is now the most important source of power in global politics.
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Discuss the view that debt is the greatest obstacle to development for poorer countries.
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Evaluate the claim that climate change is now the greatest barrier to development.
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Evaluate the claim that water should be treated as a human right rather than an economic commodity.
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Discuss the view that free trade is the best route to development.
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Discuss the view that hunger is caused more by problems of access than by a lack of food.
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Evaluate the effectiveness of debt relief in promoting development.
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Discuss the view that tackling climate change should take priority over economic growth in developing countries.
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Examine the view that debt is the greatest economic obstacle to development.
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