Development economics

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Development economics - introduction
2. 4.1 Economic development (notes)
3. 4.1 Economic development (questions)
4. 4.2 Measuring Economic Development (notes)
5. 4.2 Measuring development (questions)
6. 4.3 The role of domestic factors in economic development (notes)
7. 4.3 The role of domestic factors in economic development (questions)
8. 4.4 The role of international trade (notes)
9. 4.4 The role of international trade (questions)
10. 4.5 The role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) (notes)
11. 4.5 The role of foreign direct investment (questions)
12. 4.6 The role of foreign aid and multilaterial development assistance (notes)
    1. Role of aid and MDA - introduction
    2. Foreign aid
    3. Aid - looking at the data
    4. Overseas development assistance
    5. Arguments for aid
    6. Arguments against aid
    7. Where do you stand on aid?
    8. Official development assistance - case studies
    9. Non-governmental organizations
    10. Multilateral development assistance
    11. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    12. The World Bank
    13. A mighty wind of change (video)
    14. Structural Adjustment Programmes
    15. Non-convertible currencies versus convertible currencies
    16. Problems of SAPs (video)
13. 4.6 The role of foreign aid and multilateral development assistance (questions)
14. 4.7 The role of international debt (notes)
15. 4.7 The role of international debt (questions)
16. 4.8 The balance between markets and intervention (notes)
17. 4.8 The balance between markets and intervention (questions)
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Evaluation of foreign aid

Syllabus: Evaluate the effectiveness of foreign aid in contributing to economic development.

Arguments against aid

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• Arguments against aid

Note the command word EVALUATE included in the syllabus statement so a Data Response Qd could be about this valuation

For example:

May 2011

Q5d Using information from the text/data and your knowledge of economics, evaluate the effectiveness of different forms of aid in promoting economic development

And in Nov 2010

Q5d Using information from the text/data and your knowledge of economics, evaluate aid as a means of achieving economic development in Haiti.