What is meant by the term 'North-South divide? What attempts have been made since 1980 to close the gap between North and South, and how successful have they been?

In 1950s many new states were created either by breakdown of European Empire or  newly independent countries emerged. These newly formed states were called as Third World. The First World consists of capitalist countries and the Second World consists communist ..

Explain why Robert Mugabe was regarded as a hero in Zimbabwe in the years 1980 to 1990, but had to face increasing opposition after 1990.

Robert Mugabe’s image began to tarnish to a great extent after the 1990s due to the following reasons: During 1990s the economic problems of Zimbabwe had worsened. After the collapse of USSR, Mugabe quickly abandoned Marxist policies and resorted to ..

Assess the reasons why J. J. Rawlings was more successful as president of Ghana than Kwame Nkrumah.

JJ Rawlings proved to be a better leader than Nkrumah in many respects. The most important of these was that he wanted to bring back democracy to Ghana much unlike Nkrumah who with the promise of resorting back to democracy, ..

The cold war was to have profound effects on the economic and political systems of Latin America. How far do you agree?

Economic aid provided by the USA will help Latin America solve the problems. The aid was cut short if the government unacceptable by the USA came into power. And the only way to resume the aid was to change the ..

Explain why it was thought necessary to divide India, creating the separate state of Pakistan.

The hostility between Hindus and Muslims was the main reason of the Partition. In the elections of 1937, The Hindu National Congress Party won in 8 out of 11 states and invited the Muslim League to merge. But the Muslim ..

Decolonization did not bring the benefits for the majority of the African people which they had hoped for. Explain why you agree or disagree with this assessment of decolonization in Africa.

The following are the reasons for which it can be said that decolonization did not bring benefits for majority of African people which they hoped for: After decolonization, Neo-imperialism emerged in which the west European countries and the USA controlled ..

Why was apartheid in South Africa brought to an end, and how successfully did the ANC govern the country up until 2009?

South Africa remained under the system of apartheid without any concessions to black people until 1980. However, after this the situation in Africa arose such that apartheid had to be put to an end by the ruling whites. These situations ..

The presidency of George W. Bush has been described as one long disaster. How far do you think this verdict is justified?

George Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who was elected as the 43rd president of the U.S. from 2001 to 2009. He formulated a strong policy for the domestic agenda. But after the attack on the World Trade ..