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important concepts related to poverty and income distribution (2)
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absolute poverty- related to access to the basic necessities of life like food, shelter, basic...
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official US government poverty thresholds 2009
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see slide 2
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average household income by quintiles: US
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see slide 3
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proportion of total national income going to each quintile, guatemala, honduras, and mexico
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see slide 4
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proportion of the pop living on less than $1 per day
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subsaharan africa has most percentage of ppl living on less than $1/day
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most of poorest countries are in
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africa
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what are causes of extreme poverty (4)
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1)a colonial history which has often left a history of corruption and extreme inequality2)extractive...
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should we use food for fuel?
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the cereal import bill of the world's poorest countries is forecast to rise by 56%
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facts about latin america
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-increasing urbanization w/ large urban/rural differentiation in welfare-extremely high levels...
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population pyramids
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afghanistan-steep pyramidhaiti-steep at top, wide at bottomdominican republic-wide at middle...
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percentage of low birth weight infants are highest in ____ and lowest in _____
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highest percentage in developing nations and lowest percentage in developed nations
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-life expectancy in least developed nations are in -life expectancy in most developed...
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-40s-70s to 80s
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malaria cases are highest in
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burundi, mozambique, angola
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adult literacy rate
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low in developing (except for niger and burkina faso) countries and high in developed...
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over time, mortality rate has (increased/decreased) in developing and developed nations
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decreased
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the world economic system
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peripheral countries and extreme poverty; some experts attribute this poverty to the exploitation...
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DQ: what makes some countries far more inequitable than others? why are the countries of global...
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*answer in groups*
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DQ: are levels of inequality greater in poor countries than in affluent ones? what impact might...
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*answer in groups*
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DQ: is a high level of inequality an inevitable consequence of rapid economic development?
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*answer in groups*
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