PSC 124 Lecture 23: 11-17-14
4 Nov 2015
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Basic needs: food, water (1 billion people still do not have clean drinking water, shelter (1 in 6, education/literacy, health immunizations, aids, hepatitis, tb, security. Distribution of wealth : the gdp of the 48 poorest countries is less than the top 3 gdps combined, 71 to 1 in 1992 (distance between rich and poor, top 10 countries: 48 million, bottom non island countries: 19 million, the poorest 40% account for 5% of the global income, richest 2% own 50% of households. Complexities: spillover resulting from poverty: extreme poverty fuel revolution, terrorism, and anti western sentiments, war, vulnerability to disasters, lack of literacy and education hinders move to democracy, hiv/aids, climate change. Migrants and refugees: migrants, voluntary movements, home state is not obligated to let people leave, state is not obligated to let people in, refugees, fleeing from war, distater or political persecution, countries are obligated to take refugees, collective goods problem.
