Geography A-Level
Debt-Trap Diplomacy
What Debt-Trap Diplomacy means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Debt-Trap Diplomacy
A strategy where a creditor country intentionally extends excessive credit to a debtor country, with the intention of extracting economic or political concessions when the debt cannot be repaid.
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Using Debt-Trap Diplomacy in the exam
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