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Specialisation according to comparative advantage
Access to larger markets
Higher efficiency and export earnings

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Specialisation according to comparative advantage
Access to larger markets
Higher efficiency and export earnings

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Self-sufficiency regardless of comparative advantage
Reduced access to foreign markets
Lower efficiency and import spending

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Specialisation according to absolute advantage only
Protection of small domestic markets
Lower competition and tax revenues

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Import substitution behind permanent tariffs
Access only to domestic markets
Higher prices and reduced export earnings

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Volatile capital flows
Widening inequality
Profit repatriation by multinationals

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Volatile capital flows
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Profit repatriation by multinationals

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Stable capital flows
Narrowing inequality
Profit reinvestment by multinationals

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Volatile capital flows
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Profit retention by domestic firms

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Falling capital flows
Widening inequality
Profit repatriation by multinationals

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Its characteristic producer protection is a minimum price plus a premium."},{"text":"minimum wage plus a tax rebate","correct":false,"explanation":"A minimum wage applies to workers’ pay and a tax rebate concerns taxation, neither of which describes the Fairtrade guarantee for crops. Producers receive a minimum price plus a premium."},{"text":"world market price minus a premium","correct":false,"explanation":"This would reduce the producer’s return and contradict Fairtrade’s protective purpose. The scheme guarantees a minimum price plus a premium for eligible products."}]},{"id":"503aaebb-3c1f-43c9-a989-24720802c2fa","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Debt relief frees income previously spent on [ ] for health and education.","back":"Debt relief frees income previously spent on debt servicing for health and education.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"debt servicing","correct":true,"explanation":"Debt servicing means paying interest and principal on existing debt. 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The relevant spending is debt servicing, which debt relief can reduce."}]},{"id":"2c6bc36b-cc50-4452-b4c0-eb89ba9b9029","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Conditionality attaches policy conditions such as cutting deficits or [ ] to IMF and World Bank loans.","back":"Conditionality attaches policy conditions such as cutting deficits or liberalising markets to IMF and World Bank loans.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"liberalising markets","correct":true,"explanation":"Conditionality links financial assistance to required policy changes. For IMF and World Bank loans, these may include reducing deficits or liberalising markets through fewer controls and restrictions."},{"text":"protecting markets","correct":false,"explanation":"Protecting markets through higher barriers or tighter controls is generally the opposite of liberalisation. The condition described is cutting deficits or liberalising markets."},{"text":"nationalising markets","correct":false,"explanation":"Nationalisation transfers private assets or firms into state ownership and is not the market-opening condition referred to here. The correct term is liberalising markets."},{"text":"subsidising markets","correct":false,"explanation":"Subsidising markets involves government financial support, whereas liberalising markets usually means reducing state controls or barriers. Conditionality may require market liberalisation alongside deficit reduction."}]}]}],"examCountdown":{"examDate":"2027-05-10","paperLabel":"Paper 1"},"heading":"4.3.3 Strategies influencing growth and development","title":"4.3.3 Strategies influencing growth and development Flashcards","topbar":{"backHref":"/a-level/economics/edexcel/a/flashcards"},"topicSidebar":"$L38"}]}],"topicId":"8725beb2-d15e-555a-8235-5b319215b5ec","walled":"$L39"}],"$L3a","$L3b"]