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Global Inequalities

Global Inequalities. Rich and Poor. Basic Needs. How do we measure who is rich and who is poor in Australia?. Housing? Access to health? Access to education? Access to work? Access to fresh water and electricity Access to food, clothing.

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Global Inequalities

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  1. Global Inequalities Rich and Poor

  2. Basic Needs

  3. How do we measure who is rich and who is poor in Australia? • Housing? • Access to health? • Access to education? • Access to work? • Access to fresh water and electricity • Access to food, clothing

  4. How do we compare Australian living standards with others in poorer countries elsewhere in the world?

  5. How do we compare Australian living standards with others in poorer countries elsewhere in the world?

  6. How do we compare Australian living standards with others in poorer countries elsewhere in the world?

  7. How do we compare Australian living standards with others in poorer countries elsewhere in the world?

  8. How do we compare Australian living standards with others in poorer countries elsewhere in the world?

  9. What is Human Development? • Human development can be viewed as the process of achieving an optimum level of health and well-being. It includes physical, biological, mental, emotional, social, educational, economic, and cultural components.

  10. Measures of Development • Literacy rates and Education standards • Population and population growth rate • Infant mortality rates • Life expectancy at birth • % of population employed in agriculture • Gross Domestic Product per household • Political freedom • Independence of the judiciary • Equality for women (number of women in parliament) • Equality for women • Effective Sanitation – access to safe water

  11. Why are there such enormous variations in standards of living across the globe? • - historical reasons • - exploitation of developing countries • - corruption (governments and multinational companies) • - poverty cycle/trap • - consumption patterns in developed countries • - widespread and persistent conflict • - drought and land degradation • - continued oppression of women and the poor

  12. What is being done to reduce global inequality? • -Millennium development goals: what are they? What has been done in an attempt to achieve these goals? • -Global organisations • -MakePovertyHistory campaign • -What can you do? Action? Consumption patterns? Awareness

  13. UN Millennium development goals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRx12QUv54

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