Health and Human Rights- Enquiry Q1

Question 1

what does hans rosling say about health ang global income

Answer 1

life expectancy and income and intercinnected and improve parallel to one another

Question 2

Hans Rosling on future development goals

Answer 2

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

Question 3

measure of economic inequality

Answer 3

GINI coeffiecient- measures deviation from perfect equslity

Question 4

global economic growth in 2016

Answer 4

IMF estimated global economic growth to be 3.8% in 2016, 0.5% increase on 2015

Question 5

measures of development

Answer 5

GDP, HDI, HPI

Question 6

using GDP as a measure of development

Answer 6

crude average, masks unequal distribution of wealth

DOESNT INCLUDE INFORMAL MARKET- in Uganda, 60% of income allegedly comes from the informal sector

Question 7

using HDI as a measure of development

Answer 7

Includes life expectancy, education, gdp per capita

no parameter for environmental quality, quality of governance, voter engagement, inequality etc

Question 8

using HPI as a measure of development

Answer 8

Happy Planet Index- life expectancy, experience of wellbeing and ecological foot print
wellbeing is subjective
ecological foot print impacts traditional order of development

Question 9

importance of education to development

Answer 9

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

Question 10

importance of access to water for development

Answer 10

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

Question 11

reasons for variation in health and life expectancy

Answer 11

lifestyle
level of deprivation
availability of healthcare
cost of healthcare
availability of preventative healthcare
occupation
education
income
pollution levels

Question 12

evidence of north south divide in social care

Answer 12

15/20 worst areas for social care in the north

Question 13

evidence of north south divide in education

Answer 13

schools in south east send 50% more students to Oxbridge

schools in norther areas receive less funding than their southern counterparts

Question 14

evidence of north south divide in employment

Answer 14

8/10 cities with lowest employment rates are in the North

Question 15

define welfare state

Answer 15

the wellbeing of all citizens is regarded as a priority and spending on healthcare and education is high

Question 16

define autocratic power

Answer 16

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

Question 17

define neo-liberal

Answer 17

responsibility given to the individual in a free-market and deregulated economy

Question 18

define economic liberalism

Answer 18

state intervention us reduced, private market is unregulated

Question 19

define democratic republic

Answer 19

a state in which supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitles to vote for officers and representatives responsible for them

Question 20

purpose of world bank

Answer 20

financial development
addresses natural disasters and humanitarian crisis
make loans to developing world to improve captialist function

Question 21

purpose of IMF

Answer 21

stabalise global currencies
loan to countries with large scale debt
promote capitalism

Question 22

purpose of WTO

Answer 22

focus on trade regulation
one country, one vote philosophy
free up global trade and reducing trade barriers

Question 23

how has the WTO policy resulted in environmental degradation

Answer 23

rainforest clearance + threats to biodiversity- forest land cleared to grow crops PALM OIL PRODUCTION

Question 24

how has WTO policy tackled environmental issues

Answer 24

challenging trade deals whicbh have negative environmental implications
restricting international movement of harmful products or species

Question 25

What are SAP’s

Answer 25

Structural adjustment programmes

series of conditions forcing indebted states to reduce their part in the economy - privatising state owned business

Question 26

what is Global Partnership for Education

Answer 26

achieve universal primary education and promote gender equality and empower women
invest in early childhood education - over $35 billion

Question 27

problem with IMF

Answer 27

8 countries control 47% of votes- voting rights are proportional to economic contribution

Question 28

problem with the sustainable development goals

Answer 28

not legally binding- no penalisation for failure to meet them
each country is responsible for setting their own goals
goals are not prioritised
Most countries already behind on their 2030 targets

Question 29

most significant systainable development goals

Answer 29

clean water/ sanitation
zero hunger
climate action
education