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    Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

    __________________________________________________________________

    Development Studies 0586/02

    Paper 2

    Time:1 hour 30 minutes

    Mock Examination 2021

    Marks: 60

    Instructions

    Answer three questions

    Use a separate answer booklet.

    1
    Study Fig. 1, which is an extract on population characteristics of Botswana in
    2012 and use it to answer question 1that follow:

    The World Economic Forum (2012) reports that in 2012, Botswana’s life expectancy was
    53.1 years and that the country was at position number 132 out of 144 countries. Infant
    mortality rate was 36.1 per 1000 live births, putting Botswana at position number 104 out
    of 144 countries.

    Fig. 1

    Question 1

    a) (i) Describe the actions that the government of Botswana is taking to address
    the problem of high infant mortality rate.
    (ii) Apart from HIV and AIDS, suggest other reasons why Botswana had
    low life expectancy in 2012.
    [10 marks]

    b) (i) Describe how HIV and AIDS might affect the population structure of
    Botswana.
    (ii) Suggest challenges faced by hospitals and clinics in the fight against
    HIV and AIDS.
    [10 marks]

    2
    Study Figure 2, which shows the economic production systems and use it to
    answer question 2 that follow:

    Market Economy
    e.g. U.S.A.

    Mixed Economy Planned Economy


    e.g Botswana e.g Cuba

    Fig. 2

    Question 2
    a) (i) Describe the characteristics of market economic production system.
    (ii) Explain the disadvantages of planned economic production system.

    [10 marks]

    b) (i) Describe ways by which the government of Botswana empowers its


    citizens.
    (ii) Suggest challenges that the government may face when trying to
    follow the localization policy.
    [10 marks]

    3
    Study Fig. 3, which is an extract on rural development and use it to answer
    question 3 that follow:

    Rural development in Botswana has traditionally been one of the major


    priorities of Botswana government, because at independence and until
    1980s more than 80 per cent of the population was in rural areas. At
    independence, Botswana was also one of poorest countries in the
    world. More recently, all the studies measuring the extent of poverty in
    Botswana from 1985/86 to 1993/94, to 2003/04 and 2009/10 have
    shown that the incidence of poverty, although declining, is worst in
    rural areas than in towns and cities.
    Rural Development Council Pitso 30th May 2013 Kang
    Fig. 3

    Question 3
    a) (i) Describe how rural areas in Botswana have improved since
    independence.
    (ii) Describe obstacles of rural development in Botswana.
    [10 marks]

    b) (i) Discuss problems that may result from the process of industrialisation in
    rural areas.
    (ii) Suggest possible solutions to each problem of industrialisation in rural
    areas.
    [10 marks]

    4
    Study Fig. 4, which is a picture showing some activities of the informal sector and
    use it to answer question 4.

    Fig. 4
    Question 4
    a) (i) Describe the characteristics of the informal sector of production such
    as shown in Fig. 4.
    (ii) Suggest reasons for the growth of the informal sector.

    [10 marks]

    b) (i) Describe reason why many women are involved in the informal sector.
    (ii) Suggest ways in which the Botswana can increase the number of
    women in the formal sector.
    [10 marks]

    5
    Study the table below, which shows the amount of foreign aid received by
    selected countries and use it to answer question 5.

    Country Total aid Aid per head Aid as % of


    (US$m) US$ GNP
    Namibia 189 122 5.4
    Mozambique 923 57 72.2
    Botswana 81 56 1.9
    Egypt 2212 38 3.7
    Zimbabwe 374 34 6.0
    Tanzania 894 30 23.2

    Question 5

    a) (i) Describe problems Mozambique is likely to face as a result of


    receiving large amounts of foreign aid.
    (ii) Suggest ways Mozambique can become less dependent of foreign aid.
    [10 marks]
    b) Representative democracy is a system where political authority lies
    with the people.

    (i) What are the disadvantages of representative democracy?

    (ii) Why is it important to involve people in decision making?


    [10 marks]

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