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whether or not an increase in the size of its coal industry will benefit the Australian economy.
See it on the paper →Discuss whether or not a country with a high population growth rate is likely to experience a high economic growth rate.
See it on the paper →What is the consequence of economic growth for individuals and for the economy?
See it on the paper →Discuss whether or not an increase in a country’s manufacturing output will increase its economic development.
See it on the paper →Explain, using information from the extract, the possible negative effects of economic growth in New York.
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See it on the paper →There were some good answers to this question, with many candidates covering both reasons why an increase in the coal industry would benefit the Australian economy and why it might not. Common reasons why it would include providing employment, increasing exports, causing economic growth and providing tax revenue to the Australian government. There were fewer reasons given as to why it might not be...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0455/21 Q1(g) (Cambridge)
The stronger answers here tended to examine how different causes of an increase in population could have different effects on a country’s economic growth rate. There were some particularly good discussions of how immigration of skilled workers could increase output. A relatively high proportion of candidates recognised that a rise in the birth rate may have different effects on economic growth in...
— Examiner report, February/March 2023, 0455/22 Q4(d) (Cambridge)
Candidates generally understood both what was meant by the manufacturing sector and the term ‘economic development’. Strong answers discussed how greater manufacturing output led to more employment, economies of scale as firms got bigger, higher incomes and standard of living. A few explained within the context of a developing country moving from a large primary to a large secondary sector. Answer...
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0455/23 Q5(d) (Cambridge)
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