Question 23M.1.HL.TZ1.3a
| Date | May 2023 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 10] | Reference code | 23M.1.HL.TZ1.3a |
| Level | HL | Paper | 1 | Time zone | TZ1 |
| Command term | Explain | Question number | a | Adapted from | N/A |
Explain how education programmes and health programmes can promote economic development.
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Refer to Paper 1 markbands for May 2022 forward, available under the "My tests" tab > supplemental materials.
Answers may include:
- Terminology: economic development.
- Explanation: of the benefits of education and health as merit goods with external benefits for society at large which may impact positively on development, eg greater labour productivity and output, lower unemployment, increased participation of women in the labour force, attractiveness for FDI, control of contagious diseases, links between health care and education
- Diagram: any relevant diagram, eg LRAS shifting to the right, a PPC diagram, a positive externalities of consumption diagram, a Lorenz curve diagram or a poverty cycle diagram.
A maximum of [6] should be awarded if only the importance of education programmes or health programmes is explained.
Assessment Criteria
Part (a) 10 marks
Quite a few candidates related education and health programmes to economic growth without extending the discussion to economic development as the question prompt requested. Answers could have been more specific about how these programmes can promote economic development. Most candidates failed to explain the effect of these two programmes on human capital and the link between human capital, productivity, economic output and economic development.
