UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 1/LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Paper 3 SPECIMEN PAPER

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For Examination from 2012 1 hour 15 minutes

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2 1 (a) Give three ways in which the internet could reduce poverty. 1
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3 [3] (b) Give three reasons why the internet is unlikely to reduce poverty. Reason 1

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Reason 3 [3] (c) Yachi38 asks einar_norseman whether poor people are people who have nothing or just people who dont have enough. Explain how this difference affects the discussion about whether the internet can reduce poverty.

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3 2 (a) How useful is dembes example about people in Madagascar in deciding whether the internet will help reduce poverty? Explain your answer and suggest what else you would need to know.
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[6] (b) India is trying to reduce poverty by ensuring that one young person in each village is able to use the internet. Give two pieces of information you would need to help you decide whether this is working and explain how each would help you decide. First piece of information I would need

This would help me to decide because

Second piece of information I would need

This would help me to decide because

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4 3 Whose argument is more convincing: that of kwame77 or dave_sunlords? In your answer you should: consider the claims they make; consider possible consequences; use examples of words and phrases from their web visitors comments to support your point of view.
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5 4 Do you think that poor countries with limited resources should invest a lot of money in the internet? In your answer you should: give reasons for your opinion; show that you have considered different points of view; explain why you disagreed with some of these points of view.
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