SHOULD, CAN, AND WILL COUNTRIES WORK TOGETHER TO ALLEVIATE WORLD POVERTY? Why should we care about the developing world?: What are the ethical issues involved? – Who secures the UN charter’s provisions regarding human rights? – What role does the developing world play in creating poverty? What role does the developed world play? What are political issues involved in dealing with poverty? What are the security issues involved?

IS GLOBAL POVERTY AN INTL PROBLEM? HOW DO WE MEASURE DEVELOPMENT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES? What is “development”? Is it a linear concept? Is there a western bias to thinking about development and what counts Various important measures Measuring national wealth: GDP, GNP What’s the better measure? GDP vs. per capita GDP Market exchange rates vs. PPP Units of analysis: Do we care about poor countries or poor people? (or both)

WHERE DOES DEVELOPMENT STAND? Evidence from the Economist (2007): Who are the Global Titans?

WHAT ABOUT THE “BOTTOM FIFTH? WHY HAS GLOBALIZATION LEFT IT BEHIND? David Collier’s analysis (See Niall Ferguson’s review) One is seven children in these 58 countries dies in their first year of life; life expectancy is <50. Why? Developing country growth—70s: 2.5%; 80s and 90s: 4%; 00s: 4.5% The bottom billion—70s:.5%; 1980s: -.4%, 1990s: -.5% The civil war “trap”: 73% of the people in the bottom billion have recently gone through a civil war. Why was it that Hobbes thought that a brutal leviathan was better than a stateless society? Being trapped by geography: Land locked, lots of neighbors, and lootable wealth (the curse of resources) Being trapped by demography: Too many young men and ethnic conflict Bad governance choices and vicious circles: Bad government = no investment = rent seeking = bad governance. Notice that regime type is less important at this level of development than the orientation of the govt. towards promoting development and minimal equity. Setzler would add market size to this list.