1.3.10—Inequality and resource access SL
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Objective
- 1.3.10
- Level
- SL
Availability Is Not the Same as Access
Social inequality affects access when income, identity or decision power creates a barrier to water, food or energy that exists overall.
Name the group, the barrier and the resource. Scarcity and unequal access are different diagnoses.
A privatized water supply has water in the pipes, but prices beyond low-income budgets reduce equitable access.
Access inequality; food exists but distribution and price create a barrier.
Resource availability overall does not prove every group can access it.