poverty

• what are the two different types of poverty

  absolute

  relative
• what is absolute poverty

  relative to the world

  UN says less than $2/day
• relative poverty

  in relation to region
• millennium development goals


  (not) complete by 2015

  eradicate poverty and extreme hunger

  universal primary education

  promote gender equality and empower women

  reduce child mortality

  improve maternal health

  combat HIV/AID

  ensure environmental sustainability

  develop global partnerships for development
• sustainable development goals

  many of MDGs carried forward

  17 total

  protects oceans as well as land

  reduce persecution and conflict internationally and regionally etc
• development cable

  illustrates complex relationship between quality of life and economic development

  'core' is economic growth and technology/enterprise

  neoliberalist ideas (trickle down)
• does quality of life improve with development

  yes but doesn't mean it's ideal
• since globalisation poverty has declined but

  disparity is increasing

  the wealthy few is getting smaller
• development measures

  gender equality

  economic sector balance

  income per capita/GDP
• what is a diaspora

  community of people who share national or ethnic identities outside of their homeland
• how can globalisation lead to a rise in tensions

  a sense of sovereignty and borders

  eg EU borders
• populous government is on the rise

  creates a rhetoric that resonates with the marginalised which is often linked to nationalism
• riverian tensions

  when rivers cross borders