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Both trade and aid can be very important when reducing the development gap. However I believe that trade is more important because increasing trade can provide jobs in manufacturing and stimulate economic growth. Giving aid is also important because it can allow poorer people to have more without losing anything themselves.

Trade is very important because it can increase employment in a developing country in several different industries, trade can also improve relationships with other countries which in exchange can lead to trade agreements such as the EU. For example, Botswana trades diamonds which has creating a lot of jobs in the country, 43.7% of the countries entire GDP comes from the export of diamonds. This shows how trade can help reduce the development gap. However some countries have less resources to trade and can be left behind.

Aid is important when reducing the development gap as well as it can help the poorest people survive in some cases. Non-governmental organisations and governmental organisations can give aid to people sometimes for different reasons. However larger countries can abuse giving aid by asking for something in return, eg the USA dont give aid to the poorest nations but to ones who have resources which interest the USA, eg oil or gas.

In conclusion trade is more important because it can help a larger amount of people than aid and more trade in a country can provide a lot of employment and give a country an oppotunity to become involved in world affairs.

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Trade and aid are both effective in the supporting of a country. Trading ,however, is more effective at reducing the Development Gap.

An area that relies solely on aid is always reliant on it's donors and therefore becomes dependent. Some aid that is given to the governments is not distributed evenly and fairly, and can sometimes end up in the rich people getting the aid that was meant for the poor. Also, some aid that is donated is actually in the form of loans. This is negative too, as loans build up with interest and still have to be paid off. This could easily lead to a debt crisis. In a lot of places though, aid is used effectively, and is used to support the population that is in dire need.

Trade, on the other hand, is key to economic growth. Developing countries' share of world trade has tripled from 12% in 1995 to 36% in just 11 years. Average annual growth in economic output in developing countries was 4% more for developing countries than the developed. And nearly half of all developing country exports were in fact to other developing countries. Trade, unlike aid, removes the dependency from developed countries, and allows the economy to flourish. And, with the introduction of trade agreements, trade blocs and free trade, it ensures that the income received from trade is evenly distributed, workers are paid better, and development speeds up - all of which cause the reduction in the Development Gap.

In conclusion, trade is easily the better of the two. The use of aid can be unpredictable and unfair, and though it may seem as a good idea in the short-term, it never allows a country to grow for the long run. Trade, on the contrary, does exactly the opposite. It catalyses growth in a country and is a reliable, sustainable way for everyone to get what they need.

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Trade allows a country to be able to develop on its own instead of relying on
other countries for support I believe a combination of both trade and aid is
the most effective way to narrow the development gape.

Trade will provide a country with links and help improve relations with other countries
they trade with allowing them to expand their reach and narrow the development
gap as they sell to more and more countries providing extra income to invest
into development of infrastructure and projects to help people below the
poverty line. For example growth of the oil trade industry in Sudan has helped
development because it brings employment and economic growth. However trade can
also be a negative as workers are often exploited

There are different types of aid that can be given, short-term aid where money or
resources are given to cope with emergencies and long-term aid which helps
countries to become more developed by giving money gradually and providing
resources to improve health care and education. Aid is obviously beneficial in
that it allows a country to invest money it wouldn’t normally have into
developing themselves and helping people below the poverty line. However, there
are also problems with providing aid as corruption in national governments can
mean the money isn’t used effectively. Countries can also become dependent on
aid which could mean they fall further into poverty and the development gap
could widen if the aid was withdrawn.

Overall, the most effective way of reducing the development gap is to have a combination
of aid and trade to ensure a country isn’t reliable on one source of income

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I believe that both trade and aid play a key role in reducing the development gap.

Trade is ideal for reducing the development gap as it allows countries to stimulate economic growth, which helps countries to help themselves, in comparison aid only helps countries survive whereas trade allows a country to improve its standards. For example, trade helps provide jobs and therefor improves the standard of living in a country as people can afford better things. Therefor Trade eventually can lead to a country becoming more developed. But there are also problems with trade, for example, less developed countries are often unable to compete in the global market as there are always developed countries selling things at a better price. Also a large number of less developed can only export primary products which are not ideal for a country to develop as they are low profit.

In comparison, Aid helps a country to develop as it allows them to invest in things in the short term, for example a country can invest in providing clean drinking water or infrastructure. Unfortunately there are many problems with aid, for example, with many less developed countries have corrupt governments which tends to lead to the money sent for aid not getting to the people that need it. Also countries get dependent on the aid they receive and end up unable to function without aid.

In conclusion, I believe that trade is more effective at reducing the development gap than aid, due to the fact that aid allows countries to develop themselves, whereas aid helps countries to develop but can make a country dependant on the aid they receive, ultimately hindering the country

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Trade can be more effective in reducing the development gap han aid as it allows a country to become more self-sufficient. This is because they are able to trade resources they have a big supply of for other resources that they have less of. This can be seen in Botswana where they export a lot of diamonds ($304.9 million worth of iamonds exported September 2012) for fuels. They have to import fuel as they don’t produce any oil themselves.  On average the import 15,590 barrels a day of oil (2009). However, the money gained from trade is hard to spread equally.

Aid could however be considered better at reducing the development gap than trade as it concentrates more on the poor rather than the country as a whole. The money goes straight to who needs it and directly effects them whether by making sure they have enough food and water or building them places to live. Water aid is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which ims to improve water access, sanitation and water quality.  Mozambique is a country in Africa where 55% of people are below the poverty line. Only 17% of household have access to clean, safe toilets. Water aid has hlped 270,000 people gain access to water; it has also introduced the rope pump to poor rural areas. Although aid reaches the poorest is does not always make them self-sufficient as when the aid stops they may still be struggling to earn enough money for food.

Overall I feel trade is more effective at reducing the
development gap as the money does eventually trickle down to the poor, it also
provides them with a source of income unlike aid and makes it possible for them
to support themselves.

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It could be argued that trade is more effective at reducing the Development gap than aid because trade promotes development within or between countries by encouraging economic growth. However, aid is also important for development because it allows countries to invest in things that will improve people's quality of life.

Trade is the exchange of goods and services; increasing trade within a developing country and between it and other countries promotes development by increasing economic growth. This is done through creating more employment and therefore more wealth, which both lead to a rise in GDP of the country and the living standards of the population. It can also increase the amount of money a country has to spend on social development on things such as health and education standards which in turn leads to better living standards because of increased literacy rates and more educated people to deal with health issues more effectively. It also provides more money for the countries to spend on development projects such as transport infrastructure, however many less developed countries often can't compete in a global market because they don't have the money to invest in technological developments that will reduce the cost of production, so they can't match the prices of countries that can. Also many developing countries are dependent on trading one thing such as coffee or cotton, which means that if the demand for that commodity falls the producer country has nothing to fall back on and therefore development is stalled. An example of this would be Sudan exports were low profit agricultural goods which production and trade has deceased due to conflicts and droughts in that country. However, Sudan has made up for its lose in trade of agricultural goods through its oil industry where by 1999 the country had its first trade surplus compared to the 1990's exports of agriculture goods.

The argument that aid is also an important factor of a countries development is because aid allows countries to invest in things that will improve people's standards of living within that country. There is different types of aid that can be given, short-term aid where money or resources are given to cope with emergencies, e.g. Haiti Earthquake disaster. Long-term aid helps countries to become more developed by giving money or resources to improve health care for example. There is also top-down aid which is the most common type of aid for large scale projects where money goes to the government. Bottom-up aid is where the money is given directly to local people which is usually organised by NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations). However, there are also problems with giving aid to help development because many less developed countries don't use aid effectively because they have corrupt governments, who may spend the money for their own purposes. Countries can also become dependent on aid from other countries which means that they can't function properly or make any more developments to the country without it, this can therefore stall development.

Overall, the most effective way of reducing the development gap is to have a combination of aid and increased trade to promote development in a less developed country.

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Miss VI- Well done Victoria, a structured analysis of both aid and trade with evidence to support points. We will be learning about SAPs and HIPC trade strategies on Thursday and consider the 

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Miss VI- Well done Victoria, a structured analysis of both aid and trade with evidence to support points. We will be learning about SAPs and HIPC trade strategies on Thursday and consider the 

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Miss VI- James, you used a clear structure. Need to read through and correct silly grammactical errors e.g. capitals for the start of a new sentence. Can you support your point with evidence from an example? 

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Miss VI- James, you used a clear structure. Need to read through and correct silly grammactical errors e.g. capitals for the start of a new sentence. Can you support your point with evidence from an example? 

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Miss VI - Well done Alice. Could you apply an example to support your points?

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Miss VI - Well done Alice. Could you apply an example to support your points?

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Trade is more effective at reducing the development gap compared to aid because by increasing trade in a developing country helps encourage economic growth, however giving aid is also important as it allows a country to invest in its own social and economic development

Increasing trade within a developing country promotes development by increasing economic growth by creating employment and generating wealth, both of these lead to an increase in GDP. There will also be more money available to spend on social development in health and education which leads to the literacy rates increasing and issues such as HIV can be dealt with more effectively. Although, there are problems with using trade to improve development as less developed countries can’t compete in a global market as they don’t have the money to invest in technological developments that reduce the cost of production so can’t match the prices of developed countries. Another issue is that by spending money on issues such as HIV there is less money to invest in developing trade and things like conflicts can make the supply of goods unreliable. There are many reasons in which trade can reduce the development gap but there are also many problems that come with trade when it is used as a route to development.

On the other hand aid can be very effective at reducing the development gap, there are two main sources of aid from donor countries through governments or Non-Governmental Organizations. Aid is important for development as it allows recipient countries to invest in things that improve people’s health and quality of life. There are different types of aid that can be given; short-term aid which helps countries cope with emergencies (e.g. natural disasters) and long-term aid which helps a country become more developed by improving its health care or by assisting a country with a high incidence of HIV. However, just like trade, aid has problems when it’s used as route to development as some recipient countries have corrupt governments who don’t spend the money on what is needed but use it for their own purposes. Also, countries can become dependent on aid and therefore are unable to function without it so doesn’t fully develop. There are many reasons in which aid can reduce the development gap as there are normally many ties that don’t allow the recipient country to use it for projects which are most needed.

Overall, to reduce the development gap in the most effective way a combination of trade and aid need to be used as together they can improve the quality of people’s lives but also improve economic development and ties between countries.

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Trade is more effective at reducing the development gap than
aid because it allows the country to be able to develop and limit its
dependence on other. Trade will give them links and good connections/relations
with other countries/nations which will allow them to develop and expand their reach
and sell to more people, which in turn will bring them more money and allow
them to develop on their own reducing their dept. however for them to be able
to do this they need a good trade department and also good connections with
other which they may not have meaning that they are unable to kick start trade
and fall back into relying on other countries for aid.

If a country is to move from aid to trade in order to reduce
the development gap they need something valuable and of fast abundance that
they can afford to sell it and also get a lot on money from it. As if they don’t
have this resource they will have very little to trade other than some
goods  made in factories which won’t help
reduce the development gap as that is where the gap starts as they are
underpaid and unappreciated.

In conclusion trade is better than aid to reduce the
development gap as it allows the country to fend for themselves enabling them
to be fully independent on aid, which will allow them to develop and reduce the
development gap.

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In an attempt to narrow the development gap, the most effective way would be a combination of factors rather than a focus on one specific element such as trade or aid. Even though trade and aid have a large significance in narrowing the gap, they do not always have the desired effect when they are the only method in place.
To a large extent aid is more important when the narrowing the development gap than trade.  Trade enables countries to increase ties between themselves potentially building relationships and gaining allies. This is largely a positive aspect when analysing the prospects of trade.
Some countries like Botswana flourish in a specific industry e.g. Diamonds. 43.7% of Botswana's GDP comes from industry.  This creates a source of employment for citizens and other countries will be interested in trading desired materials. However trade can also have negative consequences. Workers and people involved at a lower scale can be exploited and may not receive the money they deserve. Fair trade policies are only in place in certain countries therefore for some workers their standard of living can  be decreased.
Aid on the other hand has many widespread impacts especially in countries where nearly half the population live below the poverty line. Namibia in Africa is the largest recipient of development aid from Germany, receiving a total of 8 billion dollars. In South Africa organisations such as WaterAid and Christian Aid aim to help those living wi HIV and Aids. Medications are giving to improve welfare and health within a country ultimately improving the quality of life amongst citizens.
Aid enables the gap between rich and poor to be narrowed to an extent. Aid given to those in poverty improves their health and life quality whereas trade can have negative consequences for those further down the cycle who are sometimes being treated unfairly.

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Trade is more effective at reducing the Development Gap than aid. Discuss 

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