International A Level Unit 4, Jan 2025

Q1 Identify a strategy that could raise development in Chad, whose HDI score stands at 0.39.

Q2 Name what happens when the UAE lowers its pegged dirham rate against the dollar (devaluation and alternatives).

Q3 Deduce the outcome when Ireland and Japan each trade in the sector where their advantage lies.

Q4 Work out the index number for world income per head in 2002 when 2022 is the base year.

Q5 Deduce what kind of bloc the East African Community is, given its shared tariff on outsiders.

Q6 Identify the true statement about imports, tax revenue and surplus areas on a steel tariff diagram.

Q7(a) Work out Ghana's national debt in dollars from its 2022 GDP and the debt-to-GDP chart.

Q7(b) Explain what the rate of inflation means, using Ghana's CPI chart and the extract.

Q7(c) Analyse two functions the IMF performs, drawing on its $3 billion bailout of Ghana.

Q7(d) Examine two drawbacks for Ghana of its climbing national debt, using the chart and extract.

Q7(e) Discuss the wider economic effects of Ghana adding a 35% top rate of income tax.

Q10 Evaluate why world commodity prices rose around 150% after 2020, with oil up 239%.

Q8 Evaluate non-tax policies for narrowing income gaps, given rising Gini figures in Denmark and Sweden.

Q9 Evaluate what falling productivity does to a country, as Canada saw a 9% drop since 2000.