Candidates must be able to demonstrate apt knowledge of the following topics in economic development.
Topic | Candidates should be able to: |
Living standards | • indicators of living standards • comparing living standards and income distribution |
Poverty | • definition of absolute and relative poverty • the causes of poverty • policies to alleviate poverty and redistribute income |
Population | • the factors that affect population growth • reasons for different rates of population growth in different countries • the effects of changes in the size and structure of population on different countries |
Differences in economic development between countries | • differences in economic development between countries |