Bridging the Development Gap

GREAT MARLOW SCHOOL

Geography Department

Booklet: Topic outline and past paper exam questions Enquiry Question Learning objectives and outcomes How does the global food crisis illustrate the development gap? Food crisis

What is the global  Understand the role of the FAO food crisis?  Classify the causes of rising grain prices  Understand how to prevent food shortages The development How do we identify the development gap? gap  Use of different indicators to measure development What is the  Evaluate Brandt’s North South model development gap? How can HDI help us understand development? How do we measure development?  Understand limitations of models  Identify anomalies e.g. Brazil, Dubai Debt crisis How did Uganda and others like it get into debt?

What does the  Understand the living conditions in Uganda development gap  Compare Uganda and the UK mean for those  Understand the reasons why they got into debt affected? How has What solutions are there? Uganda been affected by debt  Look at / evaluate debt relief  Examine the role played by debt in maintaining the development gap How are people’s attitudes linked to the development gap? Map projections and models  Know advantages and disadvantages of different map projections How do we see the How did western thinking come to dominate? world?  Examine theories of ‘core and periphery’ and ‘economic man’  Explain how core and peripheral regions change over time Why are there disparities in wealth in SA? South Africa  Examine historical reasons for inequality in SA Why is there a  Understand Apartheid development gap within South Africa What changes have been seen since 1994? today?  Understand why SA is becoming a more unequal society  Understand how life for black South Africans can be improved? What problems have been brought about by Bangalore’s growth? Bangalore  Examine social, economic and environmental causes and effects of Bangalore’s growth Why has Bangalore grown so rapidly? How does India’s caste system work?

 Examine how the caste system works and how it impacts development Trade or aid? Ways forward  Explain why in the long term trade is more effective than aid Is trade the best way Has shifting their economy benefited Uganda? to develop?  Describe and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Uganda encouraging manufacturing  Explain why joining the WTO has not benefited them  Understand what barriers exist for some countries that hinder their development What are the millennium development goals? Millennium development goals  Understand what the millennium development goals are  Look at examples in Bangladesh and Uganda How do the  Examine their effectiveness and the challenges faced meeting them development goals Is aid / investment the best way to develop? help development? To get used to this style of assessment which there will be in the exam this will be a sample assessment January 2010 Bridging the Development Gap. 4 Study Figure 4. (a) Using information in Figure 4, and your own knowledge, explain why it is difficult to measure development. (10)

(b) Evaluate the role of different global organisations in narrowing the development gap. (15) (Total for Question 4 = 25 marks) June 2010 Bridging the Development Gap 4 Study Figure 4. (a) Using Figure 4 and your own knowledge, explain why some groups of people within a country have a lower level of development than others. (10)

(b) Using named examples, assess the advantages and disadvantages of top-down and bottom-up development strategies. (15) January 2011 Bridging the Development Gap 4 Study Figure 4.

(a) Suggest how the information shown can be considered as both good and bad news for the developing world. (10)

(b) Using named examples, evaluate the success of two contrasting strategies used to narrow the development gap. (15) June 2011 Bridging the Development Gap 6 (a) Outline the strengths and weaknesses of Morocco’s decision to use tourism as a major development strategy. (14) (b) To what extent does environmental change threaten economic development and ecological wellbeing in the Maghreb? (12) (c) The Maghreb is at a political and economic crossroads. Evaluate the costs and benefits of the possible directions it could take for its future development. (14)

January 2012 Bridging the Development Gap 5 Study Figure 5. (a) Suggest why the people shown have contrasting views on the priorities for development. (10)

(b) Using named examples, examine the extent to which the development gap occurs within countries as well as globally. (15) June 2012 Bridging the Development Gap 4 Study Figure 4. (a) Suggest reasons for the variable progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets. (10)

(b) Using named examples, assess the advantages and disadvantages of contrasting ways of measuring development. (15) January 2013 Bridging the Development Gap 4 Study Figure 4. (a) Using Figure 4, explain how the groups of players have both positive and negative impacts on the development process. (10)

(b) Assess the extent to which models and theories, such as the North-South divide and dependency theory, are useful in helping to understand the development gap. (15) June 2013 Bridging the Development Gap 4 Study Figure 4. (a) Using Figure 4 and your own knowledge, explain how trade patterns influence the global development gap. (10)

(b) Using named examples, evaluate the view that migration to megacities is the best solution to rural poverty in the developing world. (15) June 2014 Bridging the Development Gap 6 (a) Compare the development progress made by the three East African countries since 1990. (12) (b) To what extent do economic and political issues affect the stability and development potential of the region? (14) (c) Evaluate the potential opportunities and risks of developing the LAPSSET project and creating the EAF from the EAC. (14)