Differences Between Rich and Poor Countries

A world divided by wealth
1. Poverty
  1. 40k children starve to death daily
  2. Extreme poverty = living on >$1/per day
  3. People can't provide rudimentary essentials needed for daily life for themselves
  4. 1/5 of the world's population live in extreme poverty
2. Distribution of world resources
  1. Europe + Central Asia = 3.5% of people in extreme poverty
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa = 38.5% of people in extreme poverty
  3. Richest 1% of the world own 40% of the world's wealth
  4. 50% of world's adults own 1% of world's wealth
Differences in the lives of the rich and poor
1. Five basic needs
  1. Rich World
    1. Food
      1. Cheap, easy to come by, and varied
      2. Overeating causes health problems
    2. Water
      1. Taken for granted
      2. rarely unavailable on faucet
      3. People become frustrated if not able to water their flowerbeds with a hosepipe
    3. Education
      1. Free education provide
      2. More education = better job
    4. Health
      1. UK: low infant mortality rate
      2. UK: free healthcare available (NHS)
    5. Work
      1. More people have high income/high skilled jobs
      2. Working conditions are monitored and supervised
      3. In unemployment crises financial support and training opportunities are available to aid you
  2. Poor World
    1. Food
      1. Scarce and expensive
      2. Malnutrition is common
    2. Water
      1. Millions of girls and women spend hours collecting water
      2. 1.2 billion = no access to clean water, 2.6 billion = no access to sanitation, 2 million child deaths/per annum
    3. Education
      1. 855 million = functionally illiterate, 73 million children = no primary education
    4. Health
      1. High infant mortality rate
      2. hospital provision is poor and drugs are expensive
    5. Work
      1. More low paid/low skilled jobs
      2. working conditions are rarely regulated
      3. No support during unemployment crises

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