Closing the Development Gap

Question 1

Aid

Answer 1

when a country or other organisation donates resources to another country to help improve people’s lives

Question 2

Debt relief

Answer 2

cancelling the debt of countries that have never paid back their loans –> they can start to invest in their country

Question 3

Fair trade

Answer 3

fair trade aims to pay farmers fair prices for their goods e.g. coffee, cotton, bananas, chocolate, tea, etc.

Question 4

Appropriate technology

Answer 4

• sustainable technology
• technology that it suitable to the country using it e.g. they have the skills and ability to use it
• it is important that this technology doesn’t replace jobs that people do