International Poverty: (Law and Communism?). Is it possible?

International Poverty:

(Law and Communism?)

Is it possible?

Why care about International economic justice issues?

International Health

• Environment and pollution

• Epidemics such as famines and aids, SARS, bird flu

International Trade

Energy sources/pricesMiddle east price of oil

Wheat, corn, soybean prices

Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Bmw, Chrysler

Labor issues

Sweatshops, Nafta, Jobs

Jobs moving back and forthPhones Shreveport to Hong Kong to Indonesia

Internet connectivity eg guy in manilla shut down tens of millions

with accidental virus

Immigration

• Immigration• movement towards

good jobs safe countries

• refugees

International Safety Issues

• military upheavals• nuclear weapons• terrorism• weapons• narcotics• international

organized crime

If World Was Village of 100 People

If we could shrink the population of the world to a village of 100 people, with all the existing human relations remaining the same, what would it look like?

Place of Origin: If the world were a village of 100 people

how many would be from:

Europe?

Western Hemisphere Including Latin American/Caribbean?

North America alone?

Africa?

Asia?

World Village 100 People

• Gender Male? Female?

• Race People of color? White?

• Religions Top 5?

World Village 100 People

• Urban dwellers? (defined as people living in towns of 2000 or more)

World Village 100 People

• Without Adequate Shelter?

• Living on $1 a day or less?

• Living on $2 a day or less?

• Without basic sanitation?

• Malnourished?

• Illiterate ?

World Village 100 People

• College Educated?

• Computers Available?

• Internet users?

• Wealth (gdp/capita)

• High $ group (country)?

• Low $ group (country)

Place of Origin: How many from

Europe?

World Village 100 People

World Village of 100

• Place of Origin:

• Europe? 12

World Village 100: Place of Origin

• Western Hemisphere (Including Latin American/Caribbean)?

• North America alone?

World Village 100 People

• Western Hemisphere (Including Latin

American/Caribbean)? 9

•North America alone? 5

World Village 100 People

• Africa?

World Village 100 People

• Africa?

13

World Village 100: Place of Origin

• Asia?

World Village 100: Place of Origin

• Asia?

60

World Village 100 People

• Gender Male? 50 Female? 50

• Race People of color? 70 White? 30

• Religions Top 5?

Religions Top 5?

Christians 33 Muslims 18 Hindus 16

Buddhists 6Others and non 37

World Village 100 People –Urban vs Rural

World Village 100 People

• Urban dwellers? (defined as people living in towns of 2000 or more)

47

World Village 100 People

• Without Adequate Shelter? 17

• Living on $1 a day or less? 25

• Living on $2 a day or less? 47

• Without basic sanitation? 41

• Malnourished? 33

• Illiterate ? 20

World Village 100 People

• College Educated? 2

• Computers Available? 5

• Internet users? 18

World Village 100 People

• Wealth (gdp/capita)

• High $ group (country)? US - $34,320

• Low $ group (country)

Sierra Leone - $470

US Represents 5% of World Population

US Consumes 25% of World Resources

Source: Business Week 10.30.06

United States

Sierra Leone

Infant Mortality

7

182/10,000 live birthsCalories/day

3,699

2,035Kilowatt hours

13,284

55Avg life expectancy

76.7

37.2Fresh water/capita

1677

98televisions/per 1000

847

26personal computers/10,000

459

-Phone lines/1000 people

661

4 TB/100,000 people

6

71Not expected to live to 60

12%

70%

Source UNDP

US - Sierra Leone

World $ Size Comparisons

• 2002 Largest Corporations, Fortune Magazine

• Walmart $219b• Exxon Mobil 191• General Motors 177• BP 174• Ford 162• Enron 138• Daimler Chrysler 136• General Electric125• Toyota 120

Largest Gross Domestic Prod:• USA

$9,837b• Japan 4,841• Germany 1,873• UK 1,414• France 1,294• China 1,080• Italy 1,070• Canada 687• Brazil 595• Mexico 574

Countries with total GDP less than any of the top 10 world

Corporations: (Less than 120 b):

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Barbados, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Fasso,

Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top

10 world Corporations (cont) • Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote dIvorie, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,

Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top 10 world Corporations (cont)

• Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldava, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philipines, Portugal, Quatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Countries with total GDP less than Any of the top 10 world Corporations (cont)

• Swaiziland, Syria, Tajikstan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezula, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Additional Countries with Economies Smaller than Walmart

Austria, Denmark,

Finland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Norway, Poland, Thailand,

Saudi Arabia, South Africa,

Turkey

Six Priorities to Eradicate Poverty:

1) Empower men and women to ensure their participation in decisions that affect their lives - Economic, social, political, environmental, personal

Six Priorities for Ending Poverty

2) Gender equality is essential for empowering women and eradicating poverty

Six Priorities for Ending Poverty

3) Sustained poverty reduction requires pro-poor growth in all countries. Economic growth does not always mean reduction in poverty, but it should. Pro-poor growth means: restore full employment as higher priority; lessen inequality; action for rural poor; education and health for all

Six Priorities for Ending Poverty

4) Globalization must be tempered with global equity

Six Priorities for Ending Poverty

5) States must provide enabling environment for pro-poor policies and markets

Six Priorities for Ending Poverty

6) Reduce debt of poorest countries faster

Comparison of countries with over 50 million

people

Source: UN Human Development Report

High GDP Countries with Over 50 million people

GDP/Cap Life Expectancy Population• USA $29,605 77 274m• Japan 23,257 80 126• Germany 22,169 77 82• UK 20,336 77 58• France 21,175 78 59• Italy 20,585 78 58• (Total in this group: 657 million people)

Low GDP Countries with Over 50 Million Population

• GDP/cap Life Expectancy Population• China 3105 70 1255• India 2077 63 982• Indonesia 2651 66 206• Brazil 6625 67 165• Pakistan 1715 64 148• Russia 6460 66 147• Bangladesh 1361 59 124• Mexico 7704 72 119• Nigeria 795 50 106• Vietnam 1689 68 77• Phillippines 3555 69 73• Egypt 3041 67 66• Iran 5121 70 66• Turkey 6422 73 65• Ethiopia 574 43 60• (Total in this group: 3.65 billion people)

Countries with Over 50 Million People:

• Population in High GDP group: 657 million

• Population in Low GDP group: 3.65 billion

Why care about International economic justice issues?

International Health

• Environment and pollution

• Epidemics such as famines and aids, SARS, bird flu

International Trade

Energy sources/pricesMiddle east price of oil

Wheat, corn, soybean prices

Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Bmw, Chrysler

Labor issues

Sweatshops, Nafta, Jobs

Jobs moving back and forthPhones Shreveport to Hong Kong to Indonesia

Internet connectivity eg guy in manilla shut down tens of millions

with accidental virus

Immigration

• Immigration• movement towards

good jobs safe countries

• refugees

International Safety Issues

• military upheavals• nuclear weapons• terrorism• weapons• narcotics• international

organized crime

US Represents 5% of World Population

US Consumes 25% of World Resources

Source: Business Week 10.30.06