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Unequal world

Dec 25, 2014

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Page 1: Unequal world

Unequal world

North or South?

Page 2: Unequal world

Inequalities

Past power

Control of world trade

Food supplies and diet

Health

Literacy

Incomes

South

Write words to describe the South under each of these headings

North

Write words to describe the North under each of these headings

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Literacy

?

?

Page 8: Unequal world

Incomes

?

?

Page 9: Unequal world

Inequalities

Past power

Control of world trade

Food supplies and diet

Health

Literacy

Incomes

SouthNorth

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Inequality leads to more inequality

North

• Low child mortality rates

• High life expectancy

South

• High child mortality rates

• Low life expectancy

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Reasons for high infant mortality

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Reasons for differences in life expectancy

• More/less food• Good/poor diet• Wrong food/hunger related diseases • Plenty/no clean water• Good/poor sanitation• Good/poor medical care• High/low child mortality• Injustice – keeps North rich / South poor.

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Note:

• Social inequality exist within the North and South as well as between the North and South– E.g still many hungry people in America– E.g still minority of wealthy people in India

• Some 3rd World countries have made great advances in increasing life expectancy and lowering child mortality rates– E.g Vietnam, Kenya, Zambia

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The UC Atlas of Global Inequality

• http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/