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Global Poverty Know the facts. Understand the issues.

Engage in the solutions.

 http://graspglobalpoverty.wordpress.com.

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Global Poverty• Who are the world’s poor?

• How is being poor in a poor country different from

being poor in a rich country?• Why are countries poor in the first place?

• How can we help?

• Why does all this matter?

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6 Billion People in the World:

Haves and Have-Nots

• 1 billion people live in countries where they havewhat they need for a long quality life.

• 4 billion live in countries where they have the hope of getting what they need.

• 1 billion live in countries that have very little at all.

Being poor in a poor country  is different from 

 being poor in a rich country.

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The Bottom Billion*…

Live on $1 per day,

many of them on less than $1 per day

(the cost of an iTunes song) 

 Around $7 per week

Close to $30 per month

Less than $400 per year 

*Credit: Paul Collier 

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Where Do the Bottom Billion Live?

• In Poor or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) - alsoknown as the Global South or Third World

• Concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central andSouth Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean (Haiti)

• China and India are not considered LDCs.

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Poor people in poor countries face huge

challenges…even if they work really hard.

• Water  

• Food

• Electricity• Roads

• Education

• Disease

• Health Care

• Rule of Law

• Land Rights

 Poor countries lack

Infrastructure

Like the systems of 

your body …

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Why Are Countries Poor?

The Five Ps

• Place

• Past

• People

• Peace

• Politics

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Why Countries are Poor:

Place

Size and Location

• Climate?

• Coastlines?

• Diseases?

• Natural resources?

• Neighbors?

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Place: The United States(the world’s wealthiest nation)

• The third-largest country inthe world, spread out over high quality, arable land in a

temperate climate.• Abundant coastlines andrivers.

• Minimal climate-relatedpests and diseases.

• Diverse, rich base of natural

resources.• Only two land neighbors,

both of whom are mostlyfriendly and stable.

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Place: Chad (Central Africa)(one of the world’s poorest nations)

• Small

• Land-locked

• Harsh climate with little

arable land. Inadequaterainfall. Main water sourceis fast disappearing.

• High climate-related diseaseand pest burden.

• Few natural resources

besides oil reserves,opening it up to the“resource curse.”

• Six land neighbors. Manyare unfriendly and in crisis.

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Why Countries are Poor:

Past

• History of slave trade?

• Colonial history?• How were borders drawn?

• When did independence come?

• Outsiders meddling during Cold War?

• Chance to develop own leaders?

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PastUnited States

• British colony

• Independence 1776• Peace and expansion

across continent

• Civil War 1860s

• Great Depression

1930s• Superpower 1940s-

present

Chad

• French colony

• Independence 1960• Civil wars 1960-1990

• Invasions by Libya,Sudan

• Near constant civil war 

up to present day• Involvement in

neighbors’ civil wars

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Why Countries are Poor:

People

• How many?

• What age?

• How healthy?

• Are they educated?

• Where do they live?

• Different ethnic groups and languages?

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PeopleUnited States

• 2 children born per woman

• 1 in 4800 women die

during pregnancy,childbirth

• 6 of 1000 babies die

• Life expectancy 78

• Average age 37

• 99% of adults can read• 82% live in urban areas

• 3 main languages

• Immigrant destination

Chad

• 5 children born per woman

• 1 in of 10 women die

during pregnancy,childbirth

• 100 of 1000 babies die

• Life expectancy 47

• Average age 16

• 25% of adults can read• 27% live in urban areas

• 2 main + 120 languages

• Refugee destination

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Why Countries are Poor:

 Politics

• Is there rule of law?

• Are citizens and leaders educated about laws?

• Do citizens participate in making laws and choosingleaders?

• Do people know what leaders are doing?

• Are communities connected?

• Leaders too strong?

• Leaders too weak?

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PoliticsUnited States

• Nearly all voters literate

• Government institutions

• Checks and balances• Free press (2,218 tv

stations)

• Connected communities

• Government is stable andsecure

Chad

• Less than 25% of votersliterate

• Dictatorship• Small group controls country

• State-controlled press (1 tvstation)

• People spread out with fewroads, phones

• President in constant danger of military coup

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Why Countries are Poor:

 Peace

• Wars with other countries?

• Where are the wars fought?

• Civil wars?

• How many wars?

• How long are wars?

• Risk of wars resuming?

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PeaceUnited States

• Few wars on US

mainland (1776, 1860)• No danger of invasion

by neighbors

• Oceans keep other enemies out

• Neighbors at peace

Chad

• Constant civil wars

• War with neighbors• Borders easily crossed

• Spill-over fromneighbors’ wars (Darfur)

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Poverty is a CycleFor individuals and for 

countries…

Things that make youpoor in the firstplace create other 

disadvantages thatkeep you in poverty.

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Especially in a “globalized” world…

LDCs are not part of the global economy

that has lifted other countries like Indiaand China to the

middle income level.

Technology is linked todevelopment.

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Why Should We Care?

Data and Graphics: The United Nations

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The United Nations Millennium

Development Goals(MDGs)

End Poverty and Hunger 

Universal EducationGender Equality

Child Health

Maternal Health

Combat HIV/AIDS

Environmental Sustainability

Global Partnership

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International Development AssistanceHelping the Bottom Billion

Donor Countries

The United Nations

World Bank

FoundationsIndividuals

 Corporations

Non-GovernmentalOrganizations (NGOs)

Civil Society Organizations(CSOs)

Microfinance Institutions

Public ~ Private

Partnerships ~ Collaborations

Global ~ Local

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Some Types of Development Assistance

• Cash Aid and Grants

• Special Projects

• Loans• Debt Relief 

• Microfinance

• Foreign DirectInvestment (FDI)

• Trade Policy• Peacekeeping

• Climate ChangePrevention

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 Aid to the Bottom Billion is controversial…

• How much?

• How?• To Whom?

• Why?

ImpactMutual Accountability

Best Practices

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Effects of the Global Recession on

the Bottom Billion

Economic isolation hadits benefits initially.

But the second wavehas been

devastating…

• Aid levels

• Investment

• Consumers• Remittances

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Coming Soon:Haiti

The 5Ps explain much about why theearthquake was so devastating, and why the

relief and recovery process has been sodaunting.

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For More Information…Grasp Global Poverty

http://graspglobalpoverty.wordpress.com/

The World Savvy Monitor 

Global Poverty and International DevelopmentEdition and Update

http://worldsavvy.org/monitor/