INTS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Millennium Development Goals, International Inequality, Socalled
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R. j. payne, global inequality and poverty , in introduction to international studies. While the popularized global campaigns to end poverty have generated substantial progress on the reduction of poverty, whether our world is currently moving towards the end of poverty is still questionable. It is crucial to recognize the issues of poverty and inequality as the global challenges that has impacted both developing ad developed countries. Issues pertaining to global inequality and poverty permeate almost every significant global problem. Popular uprisings in the middle east and north africa were strongly influenced by widespread inequality and poverty. Globalization is widely perceived as the major cause of global inequality. A removal of almost 1 billion people out of extreme poverty. Extreme absolute poverty = earning below the international poverty line. Ipl = . 90 a day in 2015. Causes: geography, population growth, cultural, unequal global capitalist economy, colonial experience. Poverty and inequality as critical issues for international peace and stability.
