Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Gross Domestic Product, Official Development Assistance, Infant Mortality
26 Jan 2016
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About 1. 4 billion people in the world live in absolute poverty . A condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surrounding, high infant mortality, and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition of human decency. 6. 3 million children under the age of five die each year from malnutrition and lack of basic health care, among other causes. Close to 21,000 children under the age of five die from these causes each and every day. The majority of citizens in europe, north america, japan, australia, new zealand, and elsewhere, are absolutely wealthy . The possess a significant amount of income above the level necessary to provide for the basic human needs of themselves and their dependents. Currently, the canadian government gives about 0. 27 percent of gross domestic. This is much less than we have in 1975, when we gave 0. 53 percent of gdp.
