Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

Development for one group may come at the cost of another group's well-being because different people have conflicting goals and needs.

Example: A dam built for irrigation and electricity benefits farmers and industries in some regions. However, it displaces tribal communities and villagers living near the river, who lose their homes and livelihoods. What is "development" for one group becomes destruction for another.

This shows that development decisions must consider whether benefits reach a large number of people or only a small group, and whether they are fair to all.

Source: Chapter 1 – National Development, Introduction

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• The examiner expects you to state the conflict clearly and back it with one concrete example — the dam/displacement example is ideal and textbook-relevant.
• Key phrase to include: "different persons have different as well as conflicting notions of development" (from the chapter).
• The toxic-waste Abidjan example from the textbook also works well as an alternative example.
• Avoid writing a long essay — at 3 marks, 3 clear points (conflict exists → example → conclusion) is enough.