Trade, Aid & Tourism
A29 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 1.1
M1.1: Global Trade Patterns
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 (landlocked and commodity-dependent) 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, UNCTAD and the Aid for Trade initiative, 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.
Module 1.6
M1.6: International Tourism Patterns
Sub-module 1.6 (13.3.1): the global pattern of international tourism: how it is counted, who travels and why, where they come from and go to, how the tourist year rises and falls, and what tourism is worth as invisible trade.
Module 1.7
M1.7: Why Tourism Grows and Changes
Sub-module 1.7 (13.3.1): why international tourism has grown so fast and why it is changing shape: transport and ICT, affordability, tourism TNCs, governments that bet on tourism, and the new types of tourism.
Module 1.8
M1.8: Impacts and Sustainability of Tourism
Sub-module 1.8 (13.3.2): the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism, where the money goes, how many visitors is too many, and whether tourism can be made sustainable.
Module 1.9
M1.9: Two Contrasting Tourist Areas
Sub-module 1.9 (13.3.3): two contrasting tourist areas in Malaysia, Langkawi (large numbers of international tourists) and the Lower Kinabatangan (community ecotourism): how tourism grew, what it has done, and how well each area has managed it.