https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly The Persistence of Inequality en-us 2018-11-13 11:39:30 UTC 2021-01-15 16:18:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082030133 - Urban slums: million of people around the world are forced to live in urban slums 
- 1-2 billion people in the world are struggling to meet basic needs 
- 1 billion people struggle for daily survival 
- An example: parents not being able to pay for the 80 cent medicine dose to cure their child from a mosquito bite 
- poverty comes from the different average wages from around the world 
Extreme poverty is concentrated in two areas of the world: tropical Africa and South Asia 
- Number of people living in extreme poverty is decreasing 
- Poor countries succumb to violence, terrorism and epidemic diseases ]]> 2021-01-13 08:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082030133 https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082032406 - We need to have a 'clinical approach' to poverty (to make a differential diagnosis)

What could cause a country to be stuck in poverty or without economic growth?

1. Poverty Trap
2. Bad economic policies
3. The government is 'broken' (bankrupt)
4. Physical geography (countries that are landlocked, high in the mountains etc.)
5. Governance patterns and failures (corruption and lack of rule of law)
6. Cultural barriers
7. Geopolitics (a country's relations with it's neighbours, foes, and allies, colonial rule)

]]> 2021-01-13 08:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082032406 https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082041939 How did the world become divided between rich and poor?
1. Poverty Trap 
2. Economic Framework
 - Bad economic policies
- Closing borders when international trade would help the economy 
- Central planning under communism when a market system would be much more propitious for economic development
3. Fiscal Framework and fiscal trap
- Bankruptcy
4. Physical Geography 
- Disease burden ie Malaria
- Landlocked (the country should think about transport etc)
5. Lack of rule of Law
- Massive Corruption
6. Cultural Barriers
7.Geopolitics 
- A countries relationship with it's neighbours

]]> 2021-01-13 08:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082041939 https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1082079677 Differential diagnosis - 7 items to work through in order to determine the causes of poverty --- countries have huge differences in terms of their problems and causes of poverty/lack of development
              - poverty trap, economic policy framework, fiscal trap, physical geography,                          governance patterns and failures, cultural barriers, geopolitics

Poverty trap: any economy in the 21st century needs certain basics to achieve economic development such as:
- roads, ports, electricity, sanitation & water, access to basic healthcare, education
- some countries are too poor to provide these basic needs (gov. doesn't have the money) - trapped
2 ways to break the poverty trap: borrow money - pay off in future, boost/aid (better option - has been proven to help)

one of the great challenges of development remains the lack of institutions in place to drive the economic and sustainable development in the countries forward.


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More than a billion people (more than 1 out of 7) living in extreme poverty

Peasants living within Ethiopia with no modern transportation, dry land area (showing poor farmers), trying to produce enough food for their families and a small amount for income.

More than half of the world's population living within poverty live within rural areas, the urban poverty is known to is (normally living next to urban wealth)

Even though some people are poor in urban areas there are still the same as people who are poor is rural areas, both not being able to seek the necessary basic minimum needs 

Poverty is a many dimensional concept, normally being seen as a lack of income but can also be seen from the lens or lack of access to basic health services, basic amenities that most of the world take advantage of. 

Portions of the world have been decreasing in numbers. There is still a huge amount of poverty with 1-2 billion people struggling for their own basic needs.

Looking at average income as a sense of poverty, average income divided by the population. Showing the variation in income areas. 

Extreme poverty in concentration in 2 main areas; tropical african countries that is the part of african between the northern and southern areas. Half of the population can be seen as living in poverty. Secondly looking at south asia; india, pakistan, nepal, bangladesh, countries that can sometimes be experiencing economic growth but still with large populations living in poverty. Thankfully these rates are dipliciting

Normally with poverty rates being high this can cause; violence, leaving the countries, natural disasters, diseases. 

Another aspect of poverty looking at diseases and thus depleting their life span and having a high under 5 mortality rate. Tropical african showing a high amount of diseases and this rate of high under 5 mortality rate.

The differentiation between rich and poor can be seen quite obviously such as Rio de Janeiro with the slums being right next to the high rise building.

Looking at how the places differentiate and why some parts of the state would have a high amount of poverty? If it could be due to isolation or exploitation?

]]> 2021-01-14 08:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1086194509 https://padlet.com/clint_mccowan1/plvepw5tsvly/wish/1091618220 How did the World become Divided between Rich and Poor?

   The Poverty Trap.
   Government making bad financial decisions that have lasting impact on a country.
   Governments are bankrupt due to wars, overspending or under-taxing.
   Some countries have less than ideal physical restrictions to trade and economic growth e.g. landlocked countries or countries in regions where a specific disease is rampant.
   Corruption in government can prevent efficient law enforcement and policy decisions.
   Division within a country between social or ethnic groups can form cultural barriers which prevent unified action within the country.
   Relations between a country and its neighbours can affect development.
   Countries that have suffered from colonial rule may also struggle to develop due to economic and political instability.

Why does Poverty Persist Despite such great Global Advances in Knowledge and Wealth?

Solutions to global problems can only be found on a case by case basis; there is no one singular answer to the world's countries. 
The poverty trap: if the government doesn't have the basic costs for fundamental infrastructure, it is very difficult to lift the people out of poverty. Poverty is a cycle that that can usually only be escaped by borrowing money. Most of the time this leads to extreme debt and financial problems which can make the country's situation worse instead of better.

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