Factors Influencing Growth and Development — Edexcel Past Paper Questions

In Sudan, public services such as healthcare are struggling to keep running. Power outages, blocking of internet access, and fuel shortages, will mean hospitals struggle to operate. Many of the hospitals in the capital city, Khartoum, have reported shortages of doctors, blood, transfusion equipment, medical supplies, and other skilled workers and commodities. Evaluate the possible factors influencing the level of economic development in a developing country of your choice.

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4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Evaluate the microeconomic and macroeconomic reasons for the fall in poverty in India.

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4.2.1 Absolute and Relative Poverty · 4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Evaluate the microeconomic and macroeconomic effects of rapid increases in population in India.

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4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

With reference to the second paragraph of Extract E, examine two likely problems for the expansion of the chocolate industry in Ghana.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

With reference to Extract A, examine two causes of the high cost of transporting goods between African countries.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Discuss the impact of improved transport links between African countries on economic growth rates.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth · 2.5.1 Causes of Growth

Explain what is meant by the Lewis model. Refer to Extract D in your answer.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Examine two demographic factors influencing development in Kenya.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

With reference to the information provided, examine two likely benefits for the Rwandan economy of the growth in the country’s population.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Discuss the problems for the Ivory Coast of dependency on cocoa for a large proportion of their exports. Refer to Figure 2 in your answer.

4.1.3 Pattern of Trade · 4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Examine two reasons, apart from access to finance, why 90% of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique ‘is made up of small enterprises’ (Extract E, line 9).

3.1.1 Sizes and Types of Firms · 4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

Evaluate the microeconomic and macroeconomic factors, apart from access to credit and banking, influencing growth and development in Mozambique.

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4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

With reference to the information provided and your own knowledge, examine two factors that might explain the differing rates of decline in absolute poverty in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth · 4.2.1 Absolute and Relative Poverty

Apart from externalities, discuss the problems that Chile faces as a result of dependency on copper mining.

4.1.3 Pattern of Trade · 4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth

With reference to the information provided and your own knowledge, evaluate the microeconomic and macroeconomic impact on Chile’s economy of changes in the level of investment.

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2.2.3 Investment · 4.3.2 Factors Influencing Growth