Poverty Flashcards
1
Q
Paul collier (2007)
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- Most are developed or developing well. We need to focus on those in the bottom billion.
- Eg. places like Yemen, North Korea, Cambodia, Central African countries and Barma.
2
Q
What is used to measure poverty?
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- GNI
- For individuals and families we need to know how poor they are relative to their country.
3
Q
What do the world bank define as extreme poverty?
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< $1.25 a day adjusted for your countries price.
4
Q
Why is poverty dispersed globally?
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- Culture and religion
- Institutions (as corruption exists it makes it difficult to improve institutions)
- Climate (makes it difficult to trade)
- Not developing organically (poorer countries don’t develop the same way as successfully developed countries)
5
Q
What are some Millennium Development goals?
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- Reduce child mortality
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Promote gender equality and women empowerment
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Achieve universal primary education
- To develop a global partnership for development
- Ensure environmental stability
6
Q
What were the purpose of sustainable development goals?
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- Introduced in 2015
- They included eliminating poverty rather than reducing poverty and focus on protecting the environment.
- Responsibilities from governments often passed onto non governmental organizations such as Oxfam.
7
Q
What are the 17 SDGs?
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- No poverty
- Zero hunger
- Good health and wellbeing
- Quality education
- Gender equality
- Clean water and sanitation
- Affordable and clean energy
- Decent work and economic growth
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Reduce inequalities
- Sustainable cities and communities
- Responsible consumption and production
- Climate action
- Life below water
- Life on land
- Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Partnerships
8
Q
Critiques of the MDGs and SDGs
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- They set unachievable goals
- SDGs are loosely defined
