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International Poverty: (Law and Communism? )
Is it possible?
Why care about International economic justice issues?
International Health • Environment and pollution • Epidemics such as famines and aids, SARS, bird flu
International Trade Energy sources/prices Middle east price of oil Wheat, corn, soybean prices Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Bmw, Chrysler Labor issues Sweatshops, Nafta, Jobs moving back and forth Phones Shreveport to Hong Kong to Indonesia Internet connectivity eg guy in manilla shut down tens of millions with accidental virus
Immigration • movement towards good jobs safe countries • refugees
International Safety Issues • • • military upheavals nuclear weapons terrorism weapons narcotics international organized crime
If World Was Village of 100 People If we could shrink the population of the world to a village of 100 people, with all the existing human relations remaining the same, what would it look like?
Place of Origin: If the world were a village of 100 people how many would be from: Europe? Western Hemisphere Including Latin American/Caribbean? North America alone? Africa? Asia?
World Village 100 People • Gender Male? Female? • Race People of color? White? • Religions Top 5?
World Village 100 People • Urban dwellers? (defined as people living in towns of 2000 or more)
World Village 100 People • • • Without Adequate Shelter? Living on $1 a day or less? Living on $2 a day or less? Without basic sanitation? Malnourished? Illiterate ?
World Village 100 People • College Educated? • Computers Available? • Internet users? • Wealth (gdp/capita) • High $ group (country)? • Low $ group (country)
World Village 100 People Place of Origin: How many from Europe?
World Village of 100 • Place of Origin: • Europe? 12
World Village 100: Place of Origin • Western Hemisphere (Including Latin American/Caribbean)? • North America alone?
World Village 100 People • Western Hemisphere (Including Latin American/Caribbean)? • North America alone? 9 5
World Village 100 People • Africa?
World Village 100 People • Africa? 13
World Village 100: Place of Origin • Asia?
World Village 100: Place of Origin • Asia? 60
World Village 100 People • Gender Male? 50 Female? 50 • Race People of color? 70 White? 30 • Religions Top 5?
Religions Top 5? Christians 33 Muslims 18 Hindus 16 Buddhists 6 Others and non 37
World Village 100 People – Urban vs Rural
World Village 100 People • Urban dwellers? (defined as people living in towns of 2000 or more) 47
World Village 100 People • • • Without Adequate Shelter? Living on $1 a day or less? Living on $2 a day or less? Without basic sanitation? Malnourished? Illiterate ? 17 25 47 41 33 20
World Village 100 People • College Educated? 2 • Computers Available? 5 • Internet users? 18
World Village 100 People • Wealth (gdp/capita) • High $ group (country)? US - $34, 320 • Low $ group (country) Sierra Leone - $470
US Represents 5% of World Population US Consumes 25% of World Resources Source: Business Week 10. 30. 06
US - Sierra Leone United States Infant Mortality Calories/day Kilowatt hours Avg life expectancy Fresh water/capita televisions/per 1000 personal computers/10, 000 Phone lines/1000 people TB/100, 000 people Not expected to live to 60 Source UNDP 7 3, 699 13, 284 76. 7 1677 847 459 661 6 12% Sierra Leone 182/10, 000 live births 2, 035 55 37. 2 98 26 4 71 70%
World $ Size Comparisons • 2002 Largest Corporations, Fortune Magazine • Walmart $219 b • Exxon Mobil 191 • General Motors 177 • BP 174 • Ford 162 • Enron 138 • Daimler Chrysler 136 • General Electric 125 • Toyota 120 Largest Gross Domestic Prod: • USA $9, 837 b • Japan 4, 841 • Germany 1, 873 • UK 1, 414 • France 1, 294 • China 1, 080 • Italy 1, 070 • Canada 687 • Brazil 595 • Mexico 574
Countries with total GDP less than any of the top 10 world Corporations: (Less than 120 b): Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Barbados, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Fasso,
Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top 10 world Corporations (cont) • Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d Ivorie, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea. Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top 10 world Corporations (cont) • Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldava, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philipines, Portugal, Quatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,
Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top 10 world Corporations (cont) • Swaiziland, Syria, Tajikstan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezula, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Additional Countries with Economies Smaller than Walmart Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Norway, Poland, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey
Six Priorities to Eradicate Poverty: 1) Empower men and women to ensure their participation in decisions that affect their lives - Economic, social, political, environmental, personal
Six Priorities for Ending Poverty 2) Gender equality is essential for empowering women and eradicating poverty
Six Priorities for Ending Poverty 3) Sustained poverty reduction requires propoor growth in all countries. Economic growth does not always mean reduction in poverty, but it should. Pro-poor growth means: restore full employment as higher priority; lessen inequality; action for rural poor; education and health for all
Six Priorities for Ending Poverty 4) Globalization must be tempered with global equity
Six Priorities for Ending Poverty 5) States must provide enabling environment for pro-poor policies and markets
Six Priorities for Ending Poverty 6) Reduce debt of poorest countries faster
Comparison of countries with over 50 million people Source: UN Human Development Report
High GDP Countries with Over 50 million people • • GDP/Cap Life Expectancy Population USA $29, 605 77 274 m Japan 23, 257 80 126 Germany 22, 169 77 82 UK 20, 336 77 58 France 21, 175 78 59 Italy 20, 585 78 58 (Total in this group: 657 million people)
Low GDP Countries with Over 50 Million Population • • • • • GDP/cap Life Expectancy China 3105 70 India 2077 63 Indonesia 2651 66 Brazil 6625 67 Pakistan 1715 64 Russia 6460 66 Bangladesh 1361 59 Mexico 7704 72 Nigeria 795 50 Vietnam 1689 68 Phillippines 3555 69 Egypt 3041 67 Iran 5121 70 Turkey 6422 73 Ethiopia 574 43 (Total in this group: 3. 65 billion people) Population 1255 982 206 165 148 147 124 119 106 77 73 66 66 65 60
Countries with Over 50 Million People: • Population in High GDP group: 657 million • Population in Low GDP group: 3. 65 billion
Why care about International economic justice issues?
International Health • Environment and pollution • Epidemics such as famines and aids, SARS, bird flu
International Trade Energy sources/prices Middle east price of oil Wheat, corn, soybean prices Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Bmw, Chrysler Labor issues Sweatshops, Nafta, Jobs moving back and forth Phones Shreveport to Hong Kong to Indonesia Internet connectivity eg guy in manilla shut down tens of millions with accidental virus
Immigration • movement towards good jobs safe countries • refugees
International Safety Issues • • • military upheavals nuclear weapons terrorism weapons narcotics international organized crime
US Represents 5% of World Population US Consumes 25% of World Resources Source: Business Week 10. 30. 06


