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The task is to consider what characterizes rich and poor countries and why the World\\\'s riches are simply not shared.
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During colonization Latin America, Asia and Africa served as raw material producers. Mines and land were taken by colonizers, and people were used and misused by governments and companies from the imperial countries. Today, many countries in Latin America, Asian and Africa are still raw material producers. They do not have any substantial production of finished products for sale domestically or internationally. Instead they export minerals, oil, timber, and fruit, to the rich part of the world, and they import the refined products back for much higher prices since labor costs and profits are added.<br /> Many poor countries have few products they export, for example Ghana still has cocoa as their main export product. This is what is called a mono-culture and makes the country more vulnerable to world markets prices, since they do not have many other products to rely on.<br /> <br /> There are different ways to measure poverty and wealth.<br /> GDP (gross domestic product) is one, here all values of products and services produced in a country is measured. This figure does not say anything about how the values are distributed. In 2009, USA had the highest GDP of 14,119 billion USD, Japan the second biggest of 5,069 billion USD, and China the third biggest of 4,986 billion USD. The whole of Sub-Saharan Africa had a GDP of 837 billion USD.<br /> Purchase Power Parity, ppp, is measure of how much money you need for buying a basket of food. Here what you can get for your money is reflected. You need more in one country than in another because of different prices of goods and services.<br /> Human Development Index, HDI, is another way to measure wealth and poverty, taking more factors than economy into consideration. The following factors are measured: life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living. In 2010, Norway was leading, Iceland was number 2 and Australia 3. Of the lowest 40 countries on the HDI-list worldwide, 30 were in Africa.<br /> The Gini Index is another way of measuring inequalities of distribution of income or wealth within a country. It is a measure of the gap between the rich and the poor.<br /> <br /> Measurements of poverty and wealth are published annually by UN agencies. This might open eyes of some, but the fact remains that the rich are getting richer while the poor remain poor.<br /> The obvious conclusion – that the rich simply do not want to share their wealth – is never mentioned in speeches by politicians of rich countries. Instead politicians declare their good intentions in opening speeches at international conferences – while avoiding to follow up on their words.
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<br /> 1. Read the text.<br /> <br /> 2. Discuss with a fellow student or other interested person:<br /> a) What characterizes a rich versus a poor country?<br /> b) Why do you believe the lowest ranking Human Development Index countries are in Africa?<br /> <br /> 3. Write a short answer to the questions, add conclusions from the discussion and send to your tutor.<br />
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