Introduction to Course Introductions and Student objectives Introduction to concepts and terms Syllabus Tomorrow’s Assignment

Dr. Donna Rubinoff Introduction DR Research: es/geog_3682_sm04/DR intro.ppt

Student Objectives for the Class?

Introduction to concepts and terms Poverty Locating the “Third World” Measuring Development Foreign Aid

Poverty: Student Definitions From Ghana: – “Poverty is like heat…..you cannot see it, you can only feel it. So to know poverty, you have to go through it” Adaboya, Ghana

Poverty Definitions of poverty – “Voices of the Poor”Voices of the Poor” 23 countries, 200 communities, 20,000 poor people Measuring poverty WB Poverty Net WB Poverty Net – $1/day….is this accurate? – How many poor people are there? 1.1 billion – “chronic poverty” more on Chronic Povertymore on Chronic Poverty million – S Asia=44% – Sub-Saharan Africa=29%

Poverty shifts

Literature of poverty

Locating the “third world” Origins of the term Physical mapping Social mapping Better terms?

Measuring Development GNP: Gross National Product – WB Categories low income, $735 or less; low income lower middle income, $736 - $2,935;lower middle income upper middle income, $2,936 - $9,075; andupper middle income high income, $9,076 or more. high income PQLI: Physical Quality of Life Index (1-100) HDI: Human Development Index (0-1)HD ReportsHD Reports – HDI list -HDI animation HDI listHDI animation Measuring Inequality – Lorenz Curve – Gini Coefficient World Bank Inequality dataWorld Bank Inequality data WB Inequality Home

Major Policy Statements World Development Reports Millennium Development Goals (link)(link – Millennium Declaration: (link): (link)

Foreign Aid Who is giving what? Where is it going? Conclusions

Syllabus Class web page: 682_sm _sm04 Thich Nhat Hanh on “Nourishing Awareness”