IGCSE Development Studies: Specimen Questions with Answers 74 - 74 of 98

Explanation

International cooperation is defined as all countries working together to tackle the global issues and accomplish the mission and vision of the countries. Poverty, war, diseases, environmental concerns and so forth are some of the major missions and issues of the international cooperation. It requires a great amount of support and effort from all the countries as all of them are confronting with the similar issues. Global cooperation offers employment opportunities to the developing countries by cooperating with the developed countries. It helps the countries in fighting together with various illness and diseases, and it also improves the lifestyle of the people by creating a system of fair trade.

Some of the global issues are:

• Ageing- No. of persons of age 60 or above is increasing substantially in the recent time period in most of the countries.
• AIDS- AIDS related deaths have seen a peak in the recent years.
• Atomic energy for electricity generation
• Children in most of the nations are deprived of right to health, education, and protection.
• Climate crisis and clean energy.