Health, Human rights and Intervention Flashcards
What is the equation we can use to work out HPI (Happy Planet Index) ?
HPI = EW times LE/EF
EW -
What are other factors which lead to education being impeded?
- ethnicity
- physical and mental disability
- social class
- wealth
Where in the world can we see can see gender discrimination and specifically differences between male and female literacy rates?
- Sub Saharan Africa
- Middle East
- India
What are the two particularly useful aspects of the HDI ?
- It relies on statistical data that are collected frequently and widely at a national level
- Because of this it can be used to monitor development progress over a year or periods of years
When talking about variations in health of the developing world what are some critical necessities of life that become less guaranteed?
- Food
- Safe Water
- proper sanitation
- healthcare
A shortfall in any of these necessities immediately increase the risks of disease, ill health and premature death
What is the basic negative indicator of education?
- Illeteracy
When talking about political corruption what are some ways it can assume other forms (other than election rigging) ?
- Allowing private interests to dictate government policy
- Taking decisions that benefit those who are funding the politicians
- Diverting foreign aid and scarce resources into the private pockets of politicians
Summarise what each of the IGOs aims are?
World Bank - Facilitator of post war reconstruction and development, now committed to the alleviation of poverty
WTO - Goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers, to conduct their business
IMF - facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth , they do this through encouraging countries to accept FDI
UNESCO - to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education science and culture to further universal respect for justice
When talking about freedom what are some countries that are the most free and least free?
Most free - Canada, Australia, UK
Least free - Somalia, North Korea, Sudan
What are the 3 strategic areas of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) that links into the SDGs ?
- Sustainable development
- Democratic government and peace building
- Climate and disaster resilience
What is a real life example we can use of why some people may state the ECHR is controversial?
- We know that it has been seen as undermining national sovereignty
- The courts decisions has allowed prisoners to vote and overturned abortion laws
What is the Corruption Perception Index ?
- it was produced by the NGO Transparency International
The Index measures the perceived level of public sector corruption and so is a qualitative measure
It was found that in 2015 68% of the 168 countries surveyed had serious corruption problems, which ultimately caused an estimated financial loss of over US$1trillion a year
What is a key case study about political corruption? 8A.5 C
Lebanon
It was placed 123rd in the Corruption Perception Index for 2015
- Among the Lebanese people it is said to be common knowledge that all major public offices suffer from corruption, which leads to the loss of vast amounts of public money
- A UN report in 2001 found that over 43% of companies in Lebanon ‘always or frequently’ pay bribes
What is the difference between direct and indirect intervention?
Direct intervention is sending troops and equipment to fight which inevitably leads to economic loss and loss of lives. An example of this is the 2003 Iraq war
Indirect intervention is providing economic or military assistance without sending troops, this is seen as a more desirable solution as it involves lower risks and costs
In terms of Military Aid how much does the ODA require countries to pledge out of there total GNI ?
- 0.7%
