Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Development strategies

8questions
128marks
5series
2017–2023years

Development strategies comes up in 8 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 128 marks between them. They run from 2017 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3.

Tariffs run from 5 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Evaluate (3), Discuss (2), Assess (1). Specification points covered: 4.3.3.

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June 2023 2 questions

10 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(d) Using Extract B, assess two ways Angola could gain from having its debts written down.

4.3.3Development strategiesAssessData response essay
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(e) Discuss the market-orientated strategies available to Angola's government for raising the country's level of development.

4.3.3Development strategiesDiscussData response essay

June 2022 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section B

Q2(e) Evaluate micro and macro strategies that could push development forward in Kenya, or in another developing economy you choose.

4.3.3Development strategiesEvaluateEssay (choice)

Nov 2021 1 question

15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(e) Discuss what measures beyond import tariffs Rwanda's government might adopt to build up its manufacturing sector.

4.3.3Development strategiesDiscussData response essay

Oct 2020 3 questions

5 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(a) Explain how a Fairtrade scheme affects farming communities, drawing on Figure 1 together with Extract A.

4.3.3Development strategiesExplainData response essay
8 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(b) Besides Fairtrade, examine two routes by which cocoa growers might raise earnings while the cocoa price keeps sliding.

4.3.3Development strategiesExamineData response essay
25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section A

Q1(e) Evaluate micro and macro consequences of major infrastructure schemes, taking Istanbul's third airport as the example.

4.3.3Development strategiesEvaluateEssay (choice)

June 2017 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section A

Q1(d) Evaluate, at both micro and macro level, policies capable of lifting Chile's growth and development.

4.3.3Development strategiesEvaluateEssay (choice)

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