Health and Human Rights- Enquiry Q1 Flashcards
what does hans rosling say about health ang global income
life expectancy and income and intercinnected and improve parallel to one another
Hans Rosling on future development goals
should include:
improvement to environmental quality
health and life expectancy improvement for the poorest
human rights (IE rights of women)
economic growth integral to achieving goals-> human rights are integral to economic growth-> human rights contingent on stable governance
measure of economic inequality
GINI coeffiecient- measures deviation from perfect equslity
global economic growth in 2016
IMF estimated global economic growth to be 3.8% in 2016, 0.5% increase on 2015
measures of development
GDP, HDI, HPI
using GDP as a measure of development
crude average, masks unequal distribution of wealth
DOESNT INCLUDE INFORMAL MARKET- in Uganda, 60% of income allegedly comes from the informal sector
using HDI as a measure of development
Includes life expectancy, education, gdp per capita
no parameter for environmental quality, quality of governance, voter engagement, inequality etc
using HPI as a measure of development
Happy Planet Index- life expectancy, experience of wellbeing and ecological foot print
wellbeing is subjective
ecological foot print impacts traditional order of development
importance of education to development
literate population skilled in reasoning and cultural appreciation- asset to economy
Helps people assert their human rights
girls make up 54% of global non-schooled population
importance of access to water for development
lack of water- dehydration, disease, starvation from crop failure
poor quality water/ lack of sanitation- disease, poor health care, dangerous strategies of accessing water employed
reasons for variation in health and life expectancy
lifestyle level of deprivation availability of healthcare cost of healthcare availability of preventative healthcare occupation education income pollution levels
evidence of north south divide in social care
15/20 worst areas for social care in the north
evidence of north south divide in education
schools in south east send 50% more students to Oxbridge
schools in norther areas receive less funding than their southern counterparts
evidence of north south divide in employment
8/10 cities with lowest employment rates are in the North
define welfare state
the wellbeing of all citizens is regarded as a priority and spending on healthcare and education is high
define autocratic power
a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularised mechanisms of popular control
define neo-liberal
responsibility given to the individual in a free-market and deregulated economy
define economic liberalism
state intervention us reduced, private market is unregulated
define democratic republic
a state in which supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitles to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them
purpose of world bank
financial development
addresses natural disasters and humanitarian crisis
make loans to developing world to improve captialist function
purpose of IMF
stabalise global currencies
loan to countries with large scale debt
promote capitalism
purpose of WTO
focus on trade regulation
one country, one vote philosophy
free up global trade and reducing trade barriers
how has the WTO policy resulted in environmental degradation
rainforest clearance + threats to biodiversity- forest land cleared to grow crops PALM OIL PRODUCTION
how has WTO policy tackled environmental issues
challenging trade deals whicbh have negative environmental implications
restricting international movement of harmful products or species
