“Our kids will see hunger relegated to museums” Trade barrie s ’s their own fault We already give more than anyone else over a trillion $ wasted 1 billion stuffed & 1 b starved MDGs will not be achieved Corrupt dictators Corrupt multination als Steady progress MDGs Tilted playing field Malthus rich nations broke their promises 2008 recession We never promised 0.7% trade not aid
1 billion stuffed & 1 b starved. “Our kids will see hunger relegated to museums”. Malthus. over a trillion $ wasted. MDGs will not be achieved. 2008 recession. rich nations broke their promises. Steady progress M DGs. trade not aid. Tilted playing field. We never promised 0.7%. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“Our kids will see hunger relegated to museums”Trade
barriers
It’s their own faultWe already give more
than anyone else
over a trillion $ wasted
1 billion stuffed & 1 b starved
MDGs will not be achieved
Corrupt dictators
Corrupt
multinationals
Steady progress MDGsTilted playing
field
Malthus
rich nations broke their promises2008 recession
We never promised 0.7%trade not aid
Toward a world without hunger ...
www.sfu.ca/global-nutrition
… 2 perspectives
“Our kids will see hunger relegated to museums”Trade
Tanks & rockets for right wing regimes, invasions for “freedom & democracy”, & depose “socialists” Treaties force unfair tariffs & trade.
Share-holders
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election funds,inducements
concessions
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Aid that doesn't work• $ → Swiss bank accounts of dictators• that benefits the giver more than the
recipient• unsustainable aid - the need is emergency
aid and resources for sustainable development
• level playing field• independence → acceleration of economic
growth• discovery of wealth → poverty
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Aid that does work• Transparent • Partnerships• SMART objectives• Revised annually• Externally accountable• Not self-serving• Commitments are long term (Grameen, MV,
[US Senator Patrick] Leahy noted that two-thirds of US government aid goes to only two countries: Israel and Egypt. Much of the remaining third is used to promote US exports or to fight a war against drugs that could only be won by tackling drug abuse in the United States.”
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan noted that the flow of money from poor to rich countries far exceeded total ODA.“Funds should be moving from developed countries to developing countries, but the opposite is happening…. Funds that should be promoting investment and growth in developing countries, or building schools and hospitals, or supporting other steps towards the Millennium Development Goals, are, instead, being transferred abroad.”
instead of promoting investment in health, education, and infrastructure development in the third world, this money has been channelled to the North, either because of debt servicing arrangements, asymmetries and imbalances in the trade system or because of inappropriate liberalisation and privatisation measures imposed upon them by the international financial and trading system.
• Financial melt-down• National scale land purchases• Food fuel ...• War on terror ...• Nations in bondage to IMF debt• Unfair trade practices• Climate change• Globalization of food economics• Clean water & air have become commodities
Vandana Shiva on globalization
Vandana Shiva on Food Laws
Diverts development & aid $ Increases the price of foods
Also displaced persons & Destroys the local economy
• there is no reason for complacency or self-satisfaction
• 10,000,000 kwash ward [= no of kids born in Can in 30 years] 35M birth rate 10/1000 = 350k kids/y]
• The faster we move the less we have to cope with population growth,
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Show as stacked histogram• %le rank Member countries• 90-100 NZ, Scand, Switz, Can, Aus, HK, W Eur & UK• 50-90 US, France, UAE, Israel, Botsw, SA, Namib, Turky• Kuwait, Ghana, Greece, China, Swaziland, India, Panama,
•1-liner Toward MDGs - what works, what doesn’t•Introduce the antagonist. “Dead aid”. 3 points: 1 the trajectory says YES ... but too slow2 transp, sustained, targeted aid works3 it’s working thanks to few nations & initiatives•Visual slides – not for note-taking•Visual presentation of quantitative data•Reveal the holy smokes moment•Rehearsals beginning mid-late Sept•Just before the talk remind yourself of passion