Transcript International Poverty: Law and Communism

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
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
• Immigration
• movement towards
good jobs safe
countries
• refugees
International Safety Issues
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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
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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?
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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?
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World Village 100 People
• Africa?
World Village 100 People
• Africa?
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World Village 100: Place of Origin
• Asia?
World Village 100: Place of Origin
• Asia?
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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)
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World Village 100 People
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Without Adequate Shelter?
Living on $1 a day or less?
Living on $2 a day or less?
Without basic sanitation?
Malnourished?
Illiterate ?
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25
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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
Sierra Leone
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3,699
13,284
76.7
1677
847
459
661
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12%
182/10,000 live births
2,035
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37.2
98
26
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70%
World $ Size Comparisons
• 2002 Largest Corporations,
Fortune Magazine
• Walmart
$219b
• 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
$9,837b
• 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,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, 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, Niger, 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
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GDP/Cap Life Expectancy Population
USA $29,605
77
274m
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
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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
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(Total in this group: 3.65 billion people)
Population
1255
982
206
165
148
147
124
119
106
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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
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
• Immigration
• movement towards
good jobs safe
countries
• refugees
International Safety Issues
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•
•
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