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4.10 Economic growth and/or economic development strategies

Syllabus
First assessment 2022
Topic
4.10
Level
SL

Objective notes

6 learning objectives
4.10.1Trade and diversification strategies

• Trade strategies include import substitution, export promotion, and economic integration

• Diversification reduces dependence on narrow sectors or products

• Social enterprise can support growth and development goals

• Diagrams: draw from relevant diagrams used in other sections

4.10.2Market-based strategies

• Market-based policies include trade liberalization, privatization, and deregulation

• These strategies aim to improve efficiency, incentives, and market access

4.10.3Interventionist and merit good strategies

• Interventionist policies include redistribution through tax policies, transfer payments, and minimum wages

• Merit good provision includes education, health, infrastructure, energy, transport, telecommunications, clean water, and sanitation

4.10.4Investment, aid, and development assistance

• Inward FDI can support growth and development

• Foreign aid includes humanitarian aid, development aid, debt relief, ODA, and NGO support

• Multilateral development assistance includes the World Bank and International Monetary Fund

4.10.5Institutional change

• Institutional change includes improved access to banking, microfinance, and mobile banking

• Institutional strategies include women's empowerment, reducing corruption, property rights, and land rights

4.10.6Evaluating growth and development strategies

• Strategies should be evaluated for strengths and limitations in promoting growth and development

• Government intervention and market-oriented approaches should be compared in context

• Progress toward selected Sustainable Development Goals should be assessed in two or more countries

ConceptIB Economics SL