MORE OR LESS EQUAL? Introduction: Welcome to Young Lives Supported by:

WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING WELL IN LIFE? Think Pair Share

What do you think development means? Do you think everyone would agree with your definition of development? Who might not agree? How developed do you think your community or country is? Do you think your community or country is more or less developed than other communities or countries? Why do you think this?

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? Development can be viewed as the process through which a place becomes better in some way. ‘Developed’ countries can be thought of as those which have better standards of living than ‘less developed’ countries.

Average income per person Access to water Life expectancy Percentage living in extreme poverty Access to electricity Primary school enrolment MEASURING DEVELOPMENT

How long do you think the average newborn infant in the world will live for? 82 years 71 years 63 years In 2013, life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 64, while in the UK it was 81.

What percentage of people in the world do you think have access to electricity? 85% 73% 61% This means over 1 billion people are without it.

What percentage of people in the world do you think have access to safe drinking water? 88% 91% 76% This means over 650 million people don’t.

What do you think is the average yearly income per person in the world? £14,571 £8,152 £7,071 In Ethiopia, it is £373. In the UK, it is £30,067. In Norway, it is £64,194.

How many primary-school age children in the world do you think are missing out on school? 59 million 37 million 10 million In 1990, there were 102 million children missing out on school.

How many people in the world do you think are living in extreme poverty? 3 billion 922 million 500 million Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990.

WHAT DOES INEQUALITY MEAN? We can think of inequality as the difference between the things some groups of people have compared with other groups of people. It is a bit like looking at how a big a slice of cake one person has compared with another.

THINKING ABOUT INEQUALITY Inequality is not just about how money is shared between and within countries. There can also be inequality in the kinds of opportunities people have in life.

WHAT IS YOUNG LIVES? Young Lives is an international research project looking at how poverty is affecting young people’s lives. It is led by a team in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford in the UK. Researchers have followed the lives of 12,000 young people in four different countries – Ethiopia, India, Peru and Viet Nam – for 15 years, from 2000 to 2015.

WHERE IN THE WORLD? UK Peru Viet Nam Ethiopia India Can you locate the UK, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Viet Nam on a world map?

Urban or rural?

HOW DOES THE YOUNG LIVES TEAM WORK? Young Lives researchers have collected a lot of data about the young people’s lives. They have also interviewed the young people and some of their families. This is Elmer, one of the young people interviewed in the project. He is from Peru.

Meet Netsa and Hadush from Ethiopia

Meet Sarada and Salman from India

Meet Elmer and Eva from Peru

Meet Phuoc and H’Mai from Viet Nam