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IELTS Essay: It is impossible to help all people around the world in need so governments s...

Prompt

It is impossible to help all people around the world in need so governments should focus on people from their own country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#government responsibility#global aid#resource allocation#nationalism vs. globalism#priorities#ethical obligation

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 discusses the tension between domestic and international responsibility, while Band 9 explores how strategic aid often aligns with both humanitarian and national interests

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Key concepts in this essay

resource scarcity
ethical universalism
interdependence
feasibility
comparative need

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

False dichotomy (help all or help none); ignoring interdependence and long-term global stability; assuming domestic need automatically justifies ignoring global poverty; weak on comparing magnitude of need

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