Global Poverty: Poverty and Wealth

Humanities-MYP Year 1

Vocabulary• poverty the state or condition of having

little or no money, goods, or means of support• absolute poverty lack of basic human

needs (food, clean water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care, education , and information); also known as destitution

• relative poverty being below some relative income threshold (poverty line); differs for each society or country– What does this mean?

Percentage of population living on less than $1/day

UN estimates, 2000-2007

Questions• Review map characteristics• Which regions/continents have the lowest

percent living on less than $1/day?• Which regions/continents have the highest

percentage living on less than $1/day?• Where do you think your country fits on the

map?• NOTE: $1/day is the accepted “international poverty line” but each country

has its own poverty line

So what?

• What does this mean?• What does standard of living mean?• What is quality of life?• After establishing definitions of standard of

living and quality of life, develop a hypothesis

More Definitions• standard of living the level of wealth, comfort,

material goods, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area– income, quality/availability of employment, poverty rate,

quality/affordability of housing, GDP, costs of goods/services, infrastructure, political stability, religious freedom

• quality of life not only the material standard of living , but also non-tangible aspects such as leisure, safety, cultural resources, social life, health, environment, etc.

• Socioeconomic relating or involving both economics and social factors

Some things to think about….

• Other ways to measure standard of living– access to certain goods (amount of refrigerators

per 1000 people)– life expectancy– The ease in which someone can satisfy their needs

and wants• Can 2 countries that have similar standards of

living have very different quality of life? Explain.

HDI (human development index)

HDI

• The human development index is one way of examining standard of living

• It includes 3 dimensions health, education, and living standards

• The dimensions are divided into 4 indicators:– Health life expectancy at birth– Education average years of schooling & expected

years of schooling– Living standards gross national income per capita

(average amount of money the typical citizen makes per year)

For example…• CANADA (North America) 6– Health Life expectancy=81 years old– Education Average years=17 years in school– Living standard GNI per capita=$35,166

• NEPAL (Asia) 157– Health Life expectancy=69 years old– Education Average years=9 years in school– Living standard GNI per capita=$1,160

For example…

• Afghanistan (South Asia) 172– Health Life expectancy=48 years old– Education Average years=9 years in school– Living standard GNI per capita=$1, 416

• Luxembourg (Europe) 25– Health Life expectancy=80 years old– Education Average years=13 years in school– Living standard GNI per capita=$50,557

Now….

• Which country out of the examples do you think has the highest HDI?

• Explain.• The GNI per capita of Luxembourg is greater

than that of Canada, but…• Why?

Other waysto compare…

• Literacy rate• Amount of doctors per 1,000• Amount of hospital beds per 1,000• HIV/AIDS rate• Infant mortality rate• Unemployment rate• GDP