Trade, Aid & Tourism
5 modules covering how global trade, international aid and tourism connect and reshape economies around the world
Your route through the unit.
Start anywhere — M1 is the gentlest way in.Module 1
Global Trade Patterns & Change
Sub-module 1.1 (13.1.1): global trade patterns and how they have changed since 1970.
Module 1.2
M1.2: Factors Affecting Trade
Sub-module 1.2: the physical, historical, economic and political factors that shape what a country trades, how much, and with whom.
Module 1.3
M1.3: Two Contrasting Countries
Sub-module 1.3: a controlled comparison of two contrasting countries — Niger (a landlocked, commodity-dependent LIC) and Malaysia (a diversified, upper-middle-income manufacturer) — to isolate which factors really shape trade.
Module 1.4
M1.4: Organisations Influencing Trade
Sub-module 1.4 (13.2.1): the organisations that shape global trade — the WTO (the referee), UNCTAD (the advocate) and the Aid for Trade initiative (the fund) — and whether they make trade fairer for developing countries.
Module 1.5
M1.5: A Critical Evaluation of International Aid
Sub-module 1.5 (13.2.2): a critical evaluation of international aid — the six types of aid, who gives and who really benefits, and whether aid helps or harms the countries that receive it.