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Date May 2017 Marks available 4 Reference code 17M.1.bp.2
Level SL and HL Paper 1 Time zone
Command term Explain Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

The graph shows how much money it costs to send US$200 (USD) as a remittance from selected regions.

Describe the trends in the cost of sending remittances from the three regions shown on the graph.

 

[2]
a.

Outline one possible reason why transferring remittances creates costs for foreign workers.

[2]
b.

Explain two reasons why remittances are often an effective way of reducing global disparities.

Reason 1:

 

 

Reason 2:

 

 

 

 

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c.

Explain how inequalities can arise from ethnic differences in one named country.

Named country:

 

 

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d.

Markscheme

Award [1+1] for two valid descriptive points. Must make use of data for the full two marks.

a.

Award [1] for each reason and [1] for further development or exemplification.

Possibilities could include:

For example:
When money is transferred into another currency money is lost through exchange rates [1] as different currencies have different values on the open market [1].

Transaction charges are made by banks [1] when money is transferred through a bank they make a fixed charge or take a percentage of the transfer [1].

b.

For each distinct reason award [1] for the reason and [1] for further explanatory development/exemplification.

For example: Money or goods help fund education programmes [1], increasing future job/salary-earning potential [1].

Other possibilities could include:

c.

For example:
South Africa [1]:
Inequalities have arisen between groups of African (black) and European (white) origin [1]. This is the result of differences in the quality of education between the two groups as the white population has access to better education facilities [1].
These differences are the result of the black population being unable to afford to send their children to school [1].

UK [1]:
Inequalities in housing occur in the UK where there is a high percentage of Bangladeshis [1] of whom about 30% live in overcrowded accommodation [1].
This can be seen to be the result of their disadvantaged position in the labour market where they occupy lower paid employment [1].

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Syllabus sections

Last exams 2018 » Last exams 2018 - Core » Disparities in wealth and development » Reducing disparities
Last exams 2018 » Last exams 2018 - Core » Disparities in wealth and development
Last exams 2018 » Last exams 2018 - Core

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