Low Income Developing Countries (OCR GCSE Geography B): Exam Questions

Exam code: J384

22 mins4 questions
1
1 mark

Which one of the following best describes a bottom-up development strategy?

  • A development scheme spread across an entire country

  • A development strategy which is signed off at every layer of government

  • A large scale, government controlled initiative to improve development

  • A small scale development scheme led by a local community

2a
1 mark

Which one of the following is the correct description of bottom-up development?

  • When local communities have their views ignored

  • When non-governmental organisations (NGOs) work in cooperation with local communities to find out about their needs

  • When the government make decisions about what is best for people in the country

  • When the World Bank gives money to the government to help them to develop.

2b
2 marks

Explain one way that debt relief may help an LIDC to develop.

2c
1 mark

Study Fig. 1, which shows the share of population with access to improved drinking water.

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Figure 1

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  • Africa is the continent with the lowest share of the population with access to improved drinking water

  • All countries in Europe have 85% share of the population with access to improved drinking water

  • South America is the continent with the lowest share of the population with access to improved drinking water

  • There is no variation in access to improved water in Asia

2d
1 mark

Study Fig. 1, which shows the share of population with access to improved drinking water

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Figure 1

Suggest an alternative way of effectively displaying the data shown in Fig. 1. 

1
8 marks

Case study – Development in an LIDC country.

For an LIDC you have studied, to what extent do the benefits of an LIDC’s global connections outweigh the problems?

Name of LIDC:

2
8 marks

CASE STUDY – Economic development of an LIDC

Name of LIDC .......................................................................................

For an LIDC you have studied, assess the extent to which a country’s politics has been the greatest influence on its development.