Low Income Developing Countries (OCR GCSE Geography B)

Exam Questions

22 mins4 questions
11 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

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2a1 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.

2b2 marks

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

2c1 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

2d1 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. 

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18 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:

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28 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. 

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