Disparities in Wealth and Development

Measures of Development
1. Human Development Index (HDI)
  1. Life Expectancy
  2. Literacy, Schooling
  3. Standard of Living
2. Infant Mortality Rate
3. Gender-related Development Index
4. Gender Empowerment Measure
5. Education Index
Regional Disparities
1. Cumulative Causation Theory
  1. Brazil
2. Modernization Theory (5 Stages)
SLUMS
Job Sector
1. Formal
2. Informal
Analyzing Disparities
1. Dependency Theory
2. World System Analysis
Trends
1. Gross National Income (GNI)
2. Equality
  1. Gini Coefficient
3. Life Expectancy
4. Education
UN Millennium Development Goals
1. 1. End Poverty and Hunger
2. 2. Universal Education
3. 3. Gender Equality
4. 4. Child Health
5. 5. Maternal Health
6. 6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. 7. Environmental Sustainability
8. 8. Global Partnership
Reducing Disparities
1. Expanding Trade
  1. Export Processing Zones
  2. Free Trade Zones
  3. China
2. Trading Blocs
  1. Expanding Market Access
3. Fair/Ethical Trade
4. Remittances
  1. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
5. Aid/Debt Relief
  1. Top-Down
  2. Bottom-Up
  3. Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs)
  4. HIPC Initiative, 1996
    1. Decision Point
    2. Completion Point

Resource summary

	Created by Patricia Rothen about 11 years ago