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Global inequalities especially in relation to african countries
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The book Global Inequalities basically provides a comprehensive introduction to global inequalities between and within major world regions. ... Bradshaw and Wallace (the authors) discuss global success stories, as well as, more importantly, criticizing needless inequality. ... I found this book to be a rigorous and readable treatment of an issue of global significance. ... The richest countries include the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and other countries in Europe and Asia which, excluding Australia, are all exclusively found in the Northern Hemisphere while the poor countries are found to be predominantly in the Southern. ... Poor countries have an average annual income of only $308, whereas rich countries have an average annual income of almost $22,000. ... The divide between the rich and poor is growing daily thus resulting in vast inequalities existing between rich and poor people across the planet. Globalization, in my view, has only aided in this growing inequality, in that it has allowed the upper echelons of societies even more room for expansion of their wealth, by further exploiting the already depleted resources of the poorer countries. ... Looking at the fertility rates of different countries, not surprisingly, the poor countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America tend to exhibit much higher fertility rates than rich countries. ... Thus there is a rapid population growth in the poor countries where substantial poverty, abundant disease and few overall resources already exists. This rapid population growth will inevitably lead to over-population and millions of poor peoples will die whereas the rich people possess the extensive knowledge to prevent over-population from ever occurring in rich countries. ... One may argue that this may lead to a reversal of the ‘progress’ that the human race has claimed to be making over time, as it is patently obvious that an increase in the poorer populations is bound to put a strain on the global development and lead to degeneration in social and economic strata. ... The lowest life expectancies exist in poor countries due to the fact that they cannot provide a good quality of life for their citizens because many poor countries lack the resources and the income to do so. Most poor countries base their GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on the production of primary resources, which require hard labor on behalf of their constituents, which, statistically speaking, has been found to be the most dangerous to the health of the worker populous . ... What is interesting about the topic is that more than 85 percent of current AIDS cases are in the poor countries, a number that should increase to about 95 percent in the near future. Two billion dollars a year is spent on AIDS prevention and education around the world but only ten percent is spent in the poor countries where the problem is the most severe. ... It is only approximately 21% of secondary-age children in poor countries that attend high school whereas 90% of the same children attend high school in rich countries.
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Title: Global inequalities especially in relation to african countries
Words: 2393
Rating: None
Pages: 9.6
submitted by: bhaskar
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