Economics (AS & A Level) · Oct / Nov 2025 · Paper 13 · Question 1

The following appeared in a newspaper article. 'The economies of the poorest nations have large international debts; the richest nations should cancel the debts of these nations and reduce poverty.' What is the nature of each statement?

1. Apoorest nations have large international debts: normative; richest nations should cancel these debts to reduce poverty: normative
2. Bpoorest nations have large international debts: normative; richest nations should cancel these debts to reduce poverty: positive
3. Cpoorest nations have large international debts: positive; richest nations should cancel these debts to reduce poverty: positive
4. Dpoorest nations have large international debts: positive; richest nations should cancel these debts to reduce poverty: normative

As printed in the paper