DP Economics
Question 18N.1.SL.TZ0.3a
Date | November 2018 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 10] | Reference code | 18N.1.SL.TZ0.3a |
Level | SL | Paper | 1 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Explain | Question number | a | Adapted from | N/A |
a.
[Maximum mark: 10]
18N.1.SL.TZ0.3a
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Explain how an economic recession can lead to an increase in absolute poverty.
[10]
Markscheme
Answers may include:
- definitions of economic recession, absolute poverty
- diagram to show a fall in AD
- explanation that a recession can lead to a fall in GDP, an increase in unemployment and falling incomes leading to a rise in absolute poverty
- examples of how a recession has increased absolute poverty.
Marks should be allocated according to the paper 1 markbands for May 2013 forward, part A.


