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12 marksRegional Disparities in Development

CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 7(c)(ii)

With reference to a specific country, discuss how cumulative causation may result in regional disparities in EITHER income OR poverty OR health under the headings: - Original development - Factors conferring regional advantage - Dominance of one region

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  1. 7(a)(i)Determine the period in which upper-middle income countries received MOST aid.[1 mark]
  2. 7(a)(ii)Determine the amount of assistance developing and low-income countries received in the period 1986–1987.[1 mark]
  3. 7(a)(iii)Determine the percentage of total aid received by developing and low-income countries in the period 2006–2007.[2 marks]
  4. 7(b)Describe TWO stages in Friedman's core–periphery model.[8 marks]
  5. 7(c)(i)Explain the concept of 'cumulative causation'.[3 marks]
  6. 7(c)(iii)Comment on attempts by the government to reduce the disparities discussed in (c) (ii).[3 marks]

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