International A Level Unit 4, May 2023

Q1 Identify the theory arguing that reliance on primary exports holds back growth and development.

Q2 Identify the category of state spending represented by Australia's $13.6bn infrastructure programme.

Q3 Identify the measure most likely to improve South Korea's competitiveness after its 2022 ranking slipped.

Q4 Deduce the likely consequence of the steep rise in global container freight costs between 2020 and 2021.

Q5 Deduce what two countries' output possibilities for televisions and computers show about absolute and comparative advantage.

Q6 Identify the currency transactions India's central bank would make to strengthen the rupee against the dollar.

Q7(a) Work out how far the coal price index climbed from January 2020 through to April 2022.

Q7(b) Explain the meaning of interest rates, as the term appears in the 2022 economic outlook extract.

Q7(c) Examine two economic gains for Southeast Asian countries from the rebound in tourist arrivals.

Q7(d) Analyse the reasons behind the weak growth recorded in Thailand and Singapore during 2022.

Q7(e) Discuss what could bring about better terms of trade for Southeast Asian economies.

Q10 Evaluate the causes of widening income inequality in a chosen country, given Gini rises in Sweden and Indonesia.

Q8 Evaluate the economic effects on a developed country when its currency strengthens, as the dollar did against the euro.

Q9 Evaluate how bodies such as the IMF and World Bank help poorer countries develop.