Source: https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-2-3-effect-of-a-stronger-and-weaker-dollar [Revision notes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes.md) › [IB Diploma](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma.md) › [Economics](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics.md) › [Economics: IB Diploma](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma.md) › Effect of a Stronger & Weaker Dollar # Effect of a Stronger & Weaker Dollar Economics: IB Diploma, topic 3.2.3 ## Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations It is useful to think about how different economic agents will be affected by exchange rate fluctuations. ### Exchange rate movements ![Exchange rate movements](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/3cc1c9c7-0011-469b-bf64-0a3a8c1c64de/coins-min.jpg) - With the price of a typical good or service, it is clear that higher prices benefit sellers and hurt buyers, while lower prices benefit buyers and hurt sellers. - In the case of exchange rates, where the buyers and sellers are not always intuitively obvious, it is useful to trace how a stronger or weaker currency will affect different market participants. - Exchange rate movements affect exporters, tourists, and international investors in different ways. ### Strong Dollar example ![Strong Dollar example](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-06/6969edd7-3b6e-40c5-8512-07dd5eb4222c/AP%20Econ%20diagrams%20(54).png) - The table above shows the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on six different groups of economic agents. ### U.S. exporting firms ![U.S. exporting firms](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-06/6969edd7-3b6e-40c5-8512-07dd5eb4222c/AP%20Econ%20diagrams%20(54).png) - For a U.S. firm selling abroad, a stronger U.S. dollar is a curse. A strong U.S. dollar means that foreign currencies are correspondingly weak. - When this exporting firm earns foreign currencies through its export sales, and then converts them back to U.S. dollars to pay workers, suppliers, and investors, the stronger dollar means that the foreign currency buys fewer U.S. dollars than if the currency had not strengthened, and that the firm’s profits (as measured in dollars) fall. - As a result, the firm may choose to reduce its exports, or it may raise its selling price, which will also tend to reduce its exports. In this way, a stronger currency reduces a country’s exports. ### Foreign firms exporting to the U.S. ![Foreign firms exporting to the U.S.](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-06/6969edd7-3b6e-40c5-8512-07dd5eb4222c/AP%20Econ%20diagrams%20(54).png) - Conversely, for a foreign firm selling in the U.S. economy, a stronger dollar is a blessing. - Each dollar earned through export sales, when traded back into the exporting firm's home currency, will now buy more home currency than expected before the dollar had strengthened. - As a result, the stronger dollar means that the importing firm will earn higher profits. The firm will seek to expand its sales in the U.S. economy, or it may reduce prices, which will also lead to expanded sales. - In this way, a stronger U.S. dollar means that consumers will purchase more from foreign producers, expanding the country’s level of imports. ### U.S. financial investor ![U.S. financial investor](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-06/6969edd7-3b6e-40c5-8512-07dd5eb4222c/AP%20Econ%20diagrams%20(54).png) - A stronger dollar injures the prospects of a U.S. financial investor who has already invested money in another country. - A U.S. financial investor abroad must first convert U.S. dollars to a foreign currency, invest in a foreign country, and then later convert that foreign currency back to U.S. dollars. - If in the meantime the U.S. dollar becomes stronger and the foreign currency becomes weaker, then when the investor converts back to U.S. dollars, the rate of return on that investment will be less than originally expected at the time it was made. ### Foreign investor in the U.S. ![Foreign investor in the U.S.](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-06/6969edd7-3b6e-40c5-8512-07dd5eb4222c/AP%20Econ%20diagrams%20(54).png) - However, a stronger U.S. dollar boosts the returns of a foreign investor putting money into a U.S. investment. - That foreign investor converts from the home currency to U.S. dollars and seeks a U.S. investment, while later planning to switch back to the home currency. If, in the meantime, the dollar grows stronger, then when the time comes to convert from U.S. dollars back to the foreign currency, the investor will receive more foreign currency than expected at the time the original investment was made. ## Test yourself on Effect of a Stronger & Weaker Dollar - How does a stronger U.S. dollar affect U.S exports? 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[1.2.3 Elasticity of Supply](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-2-3-elasticity-of-supply.md) - [1.2.4 Price Elasticity of Supply](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-2-4-price-elasticity-of-supply.md) - [1.2.5 IB Multiple Choice - Price Elasticity of Demand](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-2-5-ib-multiple-choice-price-elasticity-of-demand.md) - [1.2.6 IB Multiple Choice - Price Elasticity of Supply](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-2-6-ib-multiple-choice-price-elasticity-of-supply.md) - [1.2.7 IB Multiple Choice - Other Elasticities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-2-7-ib-multiple-choice-other-elasticities.md) - 1.3 Government Intervention - [1.3.1 Indirect Taxes & Subsidies](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-1-indirect-taxes-and-subsidies.md) - [1.3.2 Application Question - Taxing Prices or Quantities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-2-application-question-taxing-prices-or-quantities.md) - [1.3.3 Subsidies & Price Controls](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-3-subsidies-and-price-controls.md) - [1.3.4 Deadweight Loss & Government Intervention](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-4-deadweight-loss-and-government-intervention.md) - [1.3.5 Elasticity & Tax Incidence](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-5-elasticity-and-tax-incidence.md) - [1.3.6 IB Multiple Choice - Government Intervention](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-3-6-ib-multiple-choice-government-intervention.md) - 1.4 Market Failure - [1.4.1 Types of Market Failure](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-1-types-of-market-failure.md) - [1.4.2 Introduction to Externalities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-2-introduction-to-externalities.md) - [1.4.3 Negative Externalities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-3-negative-externalities.md) - [1.4.4 Policy for Negative Externalities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-4-policy-for-negative-externalities.md) - [1.4.5 Positive Externalities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-5-positive-externalities.md) - [1.4.6 The Deadweight Welfare Loss of Externalities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-6-the-deadweight-welfare-loss-of-externalities.md) - [1.4.7 Case Study - The Externalities of Education](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-7-case-study-the-externalities-of-education.md) - [1.4.8 Public Goods & the Free-Rider Problem](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-8-public-goods-and-the-free-rider-problem.md) - [1.4.9 Asymmetric Information](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-9-asymmetric-information.md) - [1.4.10 End of Topic Test - Market Failure](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-10-end-of-topic-test-market-failure.md) - [1.4.11 Application Questions - Market Failure](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-4-11-application-questions-market-failure.md) - 1.5 HL: Theory of the Firm & Market Structures - [1.5.1 Theory of the Firm & Market Structures](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/1-5-1-theory-of-the-firm-and-market-structures.md) ### 2 Macroeconomics - 2.1 The Level of Overall Economic Activity - [2.1.1 The Circular Flow of Income](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-1-the-circular-flow-of-income.md) - [2.1.2 Defining GDP](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-2-defining-gdp.md) - [2.1.3 Limitations of GDP](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-3-limitations-of-gdp.md) - [2.1.4 IB Multiple Choice - Economic Indicators](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-4-ib-multiple-choice-economic-indicators.md) - [2.1.5 Business Cycles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-5-business-cycles.md) - [2.1.6 Output Gaps](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-1-6-output-gaps.md) - 2.2 Aggregate Demand & Aggregate Supply - [2.2.1 The Aggregate Demand Curve](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-1-the-aggregate-demand-curve.md) - [2.2.2 Components of Aggregate Demand](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-2-components-of-aggregate-demand.md) - [2.2.3 Shape of the Aggregate Demand Curve](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-3-shape-of-the-aggregate-demand-curve.md) - [2.2.4 Shifts in Aggregate Demand](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-4-shifts-in-aggregate-demand.md) - [2.2.5 IB Multiple Choice - Aggregate Demand](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-5-ib-multiple-choice-aggregate-demand.md) - [2.2.6 Short & Long-Run Aggregate Supply](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-6-short-and-long-run-aggregate-supply.md) - [2.2.7 Alternative Models of LRAS](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-7-alternative-models-of-lras.md) - [2.2.8 Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-8-equilibrium-in-the-ad-as-model.md) - [2.2.9 Output Gaps & the AD-AS Model](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-2-9-output-gaps-and-the-ad-as-model.md) - 2.3 Macroeconomic Objectives - [2.3.1 Introduction to Unemployment](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-1-introduction-to-unemployment.md) - [2.3.2 Limitations of Unemployment](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-2-limitations-of-unemployment.md) - [2.3.3 Types of Unemployment](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-3-types-of-unemployment.md) - [2.3.4 Causes & Impact of Unemployment](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-4-causes-and-impact-of-unemployment.md) - [2.3.5 Defining Inflation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-5-defining-inflation.md) - [2.3.6 Measuring Inflation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-6-measuring-inflation.md) - [2.3.7 Use of Index Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-7-use-of-index-numbers.md) - [2.3.8 The Consumer Price Index](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-8-the-consumer-price-index.md) - [2.3.9 Consequences of Inflation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-9-consequences-of-inflation.md) - [2.3.10 Causes of Inflation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-10-causes-of-inflation.md) - [2.3.11 Inflation & Unemployment Tradeoff](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-11-inflation-and-unemployment-tradeoff.md) - [2.3.12 The Short-Run Phillips Curve](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-12-the-short-run-phillips-curve.md) - [2.3.13 The Long-Run Phillips Curve](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-3-13-the-long-run-phillips-curve.md) - 2.4 Economic Growth, Poverty & Inequality - [2.4.1 Measuring Economic Growth](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-1-measuring-economic-growth.md) - [2.4.2 Determinants of Productivity](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-2-determinants-of-productivity.md) - [2.4.3 Economic Growth & Productivity](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-3-economic-growth-and-productivity.md) - [2.4.4 Absolute & Relative Poverty](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-4-absolute-and-relative-poverty.md) - [2.4.5 Inequality](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-5-inequality.md) - [2.4.6 Inequality 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-6-inequality-2.md) - [2.4.7 Lorenz Curve](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-7-lorenz-curve.md) - [2.4.8 Government Policy on Poverty](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-8-government-policy-on-poverty.md) - [2.4.9 End of Topic Test - Poverty & Inequality](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-9-end-of-topic-test-poverty-and-inequality.md) - [2.4.10 Application - Inequality & Poverty](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-4-10-application-inequality-and-poverty.md) - 2.5 Fiscal Policy - [2.5.1 Introduction to Fiscal Policy](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-5-1-introduction-to-fiscal-policy.md) - [2.5.2 Fiscal Policy and AD-AS Model](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-5-2-fiscal-policy-and-ad-as-model.md) - [2.5.3 Fiscal Policy Lags](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-5-3-fiscal-policy-lags.md) - [2.5.4 Automatic Stabilizers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-5-4-automatic-stabilizers.md) - [2.5.5 IB Multiple Choice - Fiscal Policy](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-5-5-ib-multiple-choice-fiscal-policy.md) - 2.6 Monetary Policy - [2.6.1 Objectives of Monetary Policy](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-6-1-objectives-of-monetary-policy.md) - [2.6.2 Monetary Policy Implementation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-6-2-monetary-policy-implementation.md) - [2.6.3 Monetary Policy & AD-AS Model](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-6-3-monetary-policy-and-ad-as-model.md) - [2.6.4 Monetary Policy Lags & Pitfalls](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-6-4-monetary-policy-lags-and-pitfalls.md) - 2.7 Supply-Side Policies - [2.7.1 Supply-Side Policies](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-7-1-supply-side-policies.md) - [2.7.2 Supply-Side Policies 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/2-7-2-supply-side-policies-2.md) ### 3 The Global Economy - 3.1 International Trade - [3.1.1 Globalisation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-1-globalisation.md) - [3.1.2 Globalisation for LEDCs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-2-globalisation-for-ledcs.md) - [3.1.3 Globalisation for MEDCs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-3-globalisation-for-medcs.md) - [3.1.4 Comparative Advantage & Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-4-comparative-advantage-and-trade.md) - [3.1.5 Protectionism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-5-protectionism.md) - [3.1.6 Arguments for Protectionism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-6-arguments-for-protectionism.md) - [3.1.7 Arguments Against Protectionism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-7-arguments-against-protectionism.md) - [3.1.8 End of Topic Test - Globalisation & Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-8-end-of-topic-test-globalisation-and-trade.md) - [3.1.9 Case Study - Globalisation & Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-1-9-case-study-globalisation-and-trade.md) - 3.2 Exchange Rates - [3.2.1 Floating Exchange Rates](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-2-1-floating-exchange-rates.md) - [3.2.2 Fixed Exchange Rate](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-2-2-fixed-exchange-rate.md) - [3.2.3 Effect of a Stronger & Weaker Dollar](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-2-3-effect-of-a-stronger-and-weaker-dollar.md) - 3.3 The Balance of Payments - [3.3.1 Balance of Payments](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-3-1-balance-of-payments.md) - [3.3.2 Balance of Payments 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-3-2-balance-of-payments-2.md) - [3.3.3 FDI & Reducing a BoP Deficit](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-3-3-fdi-and-reducing-a-bop-deficit.md) - 3.4 Economic Integration - [3.4.1 Customs Unions & WTO](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-4-1-customs-unions-and-wto.md) - [3.4.2 Merged Currency](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-4-2-merged-currency.md) - 3.5 Terms of Trade - [3.5.1 Absolute & Comparative Advantage](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-5-1-absolute-and-comparative-advantage.md) - [3.5.2 Gains from Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-5-2-gains-from-trade.md) - [3.5.3 Terms of Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-5-3-terms-of-trade.md) - [3.5.4 IB Multiple Choice - Comparative Advantage & Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-5-4-ib-multiple-choice-comparative-advantage-and-trade.md) - 3.6 Economic Development - [3.6.1 Factors Influencing Growth & Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-1-factors-influencing-growth-and-development.md) - [3.6.2 International Institutions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-2-international-institutions.md) - [3.6.3 Measures of Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-3-measures-of-development.md) - [3.6.4 Barriers to Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-4-barriers-to-development.md) - [3.6.5 Case Study - The Bottom Billion](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-5-case-study-the-bottom-billion.md) - [3.6.6 End of Topic Test - Emerging & Developing](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-6-6-end-of-topic-test-emerging-and-developing.md) - 3.7 The Role of Domestic & International Factors - [3.7.1 Interventionist Strategies](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-7-1-interventionist-strategies.md) - [3.7.2 Development Strategies](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-7-2-development-strategies.md) - [3.7.3 Development Promotion Policies](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-7-3-development-promotion-policies.md) - [3.7.4 End of Topic Test - Growth & Global Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-7-4-end-of-topic-test-growth-and-global-development.md) - [3.7.5 Application Questions -Growth & Global Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-7-5-application-questions-growth-and-global-development.md) - 3.8 The Role of International Trade - [3.8.1 International Institutions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-8-1-international-institutions.md) - [3.8.2 End of Topic Test - Globalisation & Trade](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-8-2-end-of-topic-test-globalisation-and-trade.md) - 3.9 The Role of Foreign Aid - [3.9.1 Aid](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-9-1-aid.md) - [3.9.2 Limitations of Aid](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-9-2-limitations-of-aid.md) - [3.9.3 Support for Aid](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-9-3-support-for-aid.md) - [3.9.4 Application Questions - Developing Countries](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/ib-diploma/economics/economics-ib-diploma/3-9-4-application-questions-developing-countries.md)