NGOs work to achieve social or political aims that are not controlled by a government, e.g. Practical Action

technology suited to the needs, skills, knowledge and wealth of local people in the environment in which they live

Bottom-up strategies to reduce global inequalities

Geography

Defining development

Measuring development

Development and demography

Causes of global inequalities

Consequences of global inequalities

Rostow’s and Frank’s theories about development over time

Top-down strategies to reduce global inequalities

Using GIS maps to analyse links between inequality and migration

This unit teaches pupils about global economic development. Pupils learn how, using a variety of measures, economic development is unequal and how this is reflected in demographic characteristics. Pupils learn about the causes and consequences of inequality and consider how they can be reduced.

Global inequalities

The UN funding a national hospital scheme

An NGO helping villagers build a clean water system

A country signing a trade deal with another

Which of these is an example of a bottom-up strategy?

What is one effect of Practical Action’s gravity ropeway in Nepal?

Aid is only used after disasters like earthquakes or floods

Aid always involves giving money directly to governments

Aid can support both emergency relief and long-term development

Aid is mainly about sending food and blankets in crises

Which statement best reflects the full role of aid?

Which continent has the highest number of low-income countries?

Which is a common indicator of development?

Everyone in the world has the same income

People around the world live in very different conditions

Which of the following contributes to inequality between countries?

Which country is most likely to have a high GDP per capita?

Why might people in some countries have lower life expectancy?

Starter Quiz