PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Poverty Trap, Millennium Development Goals, Gastroenteritis

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Peace Studies
• Course: PEACEST 1A03
• Professor: Jorge Fabra- Zamora

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Peace studies lecture 17: wednesday november 9, 2016. Poverty is the cause and effect of structural violence. Everyday, 4000 people (90% in poor countries) dies because of violence. In areas with the highest violence, we also see the highest population densities, lowest education attainment, highest unemployment, and poorest housing ad highest incidence of hiv, tb, malaria and gastroenteritis. Millennium goals (the best ways to achieve peace in our time) Promote gender equality and empowerment of women. Single interventions reduce multiples types of violence! Pla(cid:272)es of e(cid:454)t(cid:396)e(cid:373)e (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:396)e pla(cid:272)es of e(cid:454)t(cid:396)e(cid:373)e po(cid:448)e(cid:396)t(cid:455). (cid:863) (cid:862)a(cid:374) a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) pa(cid:272)if(cid:455) a hu(cid:374)g(cid:396)(cid:455), disease (cid:396)idde(cid:374), a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)po(cid:448)e(cid:396)ished populatio(cid:374). (cid:863) (cid:862)we need to understand the challenge of extreme poverty not only as a matter of ethics and politics, but also as a matter of science. We can and must achieve a much clearer understanding of how to end poverty, based on the best scientific evidence.