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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 1/LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE
0457/03
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
For Examination from 2012
Paper 3
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1 hour 15 minutes
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(a) Give three ways in which the internet could reduce poverty.
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(b) Give three reasons why the internet is unlikely to reduce poverty.
Reason 1
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(c) Yachi38 asks einar_norseman whether poor people are ‘people who have nothing or
just people who don’t have enough.’
Explain how this difference affects the discussion about whether the internet can
reduce poverty.
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(a) How useful is dembe’s example about people in Madagascar in deciding whether the
internet will help reduce poverty? Explain your answer and suggest what else you
would need to know.
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(b) India is trying to reduce poverty by ensuring that one young person in each village is
able to use the internet.
Give two pieces of information you would need to help you decide whether this is
working and explain how each would help you decide.
First piece of information I would need
This would help me to decide because
Second piece of information I would need
This would help me to decide because
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Whose argument is more convincing: that of kwame77 or dave_sunlord’s?
In your answer you should:
• consider the claims they make;
• consider possible consequences;
• use examples of words and phrases from their web visitors’ comments to support your
point of view.
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Do you think that poor countries with limited resources should invest a lot of money in the
internet?
In your answer you should:
• give reasons for your opinion;
• show that you have considered different points of view;
• explain why you disagreed with some of these points of view.
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