Reducing Disparity

Module as described in IB syllabus: Discuss the different ways in which disparities can be reduced with an emphasis on trade and market access, debt relief, aid and remittances. Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies designed to reduce disparities.

Aid Terminology

Trade & Debt Terminology

International Aid

International Trade

Debt Relief

Please click on the two buttons below to view the important terminology related to the topics we will be looking at such as Aid, Trade and Debt Relief.

Background Information

For this activity, we had to complete 3 different samplers as a group. All of these activities required us to examine the pro's and cons of each, and include some data which will be helpful to us in the future. Please click on the images below each title to view the documents :)

Free Trade Vs. Fair Trade

Activity 2 - Video Critique

This video was quite lengthly, however it proposed some very good and valid points, some I was unaware of.

I had never considered envrionment detriment or that of public health services. It did affirm prior knowledge about trade that I already had, with regards to farmers recieving way less for their crops than they should. I also like the video because it offers real world examples and one gets the point of view of people who are actually going through these situations. The example of the North American Trade

I believe this video will be a helpful revision guide for me in future, and I can also clearly distinguish between Free Trade and Fair Trade. Fair Trade was introduced as meas of helping producers to attain better prices for their exports so that their livelihood is maintained while Free Trade is a policy that countries' governments implement and means they do not restrict imports from, or exports to, other countries.

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