| Economics |
| 14+ |
Global
Trade
Debt is a key factor
in determining developing country export strategies, and declining
terms of trade has undermined the ability of many poor countries
to repay their debts. |
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| Environmental
Studies |
| S1/S2 |
People
and society
Level F - Includes
a strand in which students "describe and give some
of the reasons for debt - individual and international."
World debt also connects with the strand in which students
"explain some factors that account for differences
in individual and national wealth."
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| Conflict
and Decision-making in society
Level E -
"Identify the ways that citizens can participate in
decision-making through elections and pressure groups at
local, national and international level." |
Level
F - "Explain the ways in
which campaigns, media and pressure group activities can
influence public opinion."
|
| Geography |
| 14-
- 16 |
Includes
the aim "to develop
a continuing interest in the environments and communities
of the world".This offers
considerable scope to explore the debt issue as an illustration
of global interdependence and a cause of poverty. |
| Higher |
Global Issues |
| Development
and Health |
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| Modern
Studies |
| Standard
Grade |
International
Relations
Power - Exploring the ways in which rich lenders can exert
control over governance in indebted poor countries.
Equality - Assessing the fairness of the current debt relief
process and exploring the equity of alternative models.
Rights and responsibilities - Discussing whether poor countries
should meet their debt obligations or have a right to default
on debts they consider unjust.
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| Intermediate |
International
Issues
Study Theme 9: Issues in an
Emerging Nation / South Africa
|
| Higher |
International
Issues
Study theme 7: A Society in Change
/ South Africa
Study theme 11: Global Security - Full
or partial state collapse is a consequence of national bankruptcy
and can turn poor countries into exporters of conflict, crime,
environmental problems and disease.
Study theme 12: Politics of Food - Reforms
imposed by creditors on indebted poor countries have led to
massive increases in the cost of basic foods. |
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| Religious,
Moral and Philosophical Studies |
| Intermediate
2 |
Justice
in the World
Many people
in developing countries believe that their debt obligations
are unjustly imposed. |
| Higher |
Religious
perspectives in a secular context
Rich and Poor
The environment
- Discussion around the concept
of ecological debts owed by rich to poor for their exploitation
of natural resources.
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