A2 OCR Economics F585 June 2016

not too sure. it could very well be as portfolio investment is related to FINANCIAL assets. i believe bonds may come under that.

Extract 4 Predictions
There's really not many options for this extract, it's likely to be question 1 or 2 or 3

1) comment on the significance of remittances in reducing poverty and promoting economic development (10) (or it could be the same question but instead of comment on, it would be analyse for 6 marks)
2) comment on whether remittances are more significant than Official Direct Investment (foreign aid in other words) or FDI or Debt and Portfolio investment (definition: financial investment in shares, bonds and other financial securities in a foreign country) for developing countries in promoting development (10)
3) Distinguish between FDI and debt and portfolio investment (4)
4) Suggest why India was the largest recipient of remittances (4)
5) Suggest reasons why Tajikistan receives a higher percentage of GDP in the form of remittances than any other country (4)
6) Evaluate the consequences of emigration for developing countries (4 or 6)

do we need to know about the stages/effects of economic integration?

Would love to see your extract 5 predictions now.
shall we all pitch in and do some quick essay plans for the 20 marker predictions? (just a quick plan)
i think it would be a good idea.

Ignore my really awful spelling and my awful paragraph I'm actually using voice recorder to type this message what I meant to say is that trade as a percentage of GDP is increasing due to higher integration of global markets through globalisation therefore there is heavy interdependence between economies therefore if trade is a huge part of the GDP it means it is vulnerable to global shocks e.g. the global recession in 2008 it is especially worse when these experts are primary commodities e.g. Zambia is copper and inelastic good because it means as global demand for total revenue will for and therefore X minus M falls and therefore there is a fall in A.D. and total GDP therefore it's not really the best

Thanks so much! I really couldn't get my head around it all, but this is a great help!

How is everyone revising for this exam? I really have no idea what I should be doing. When I have asked my teacher he has been very vague, just saying to practice the predicted questions. He has only taught us the topics which are mentioned or alluded to in the extract. Is there no chance of the the other topics coming up??Please help!

There's a guy on YouTube who has a play list on f585, of you watch the videos where he tells you what to revise you should be fine, his channel is called Econplusdal.

Also, of you need help on going through all the data that the extracts give you and if you want more in depth (longer videos) information on the extracts then go to gconomics on YouTube

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Ar there any other predictions for the 20 marker? other than the supply-side reforms

Anyone know which questions we MUST use a diagram for? Like 6/10 mark analyse questions? And how many diagrams do we need for our 20 mark essay question? Thanks!