POL 4710 Lecture 2: September 16,15 -Poverty Inequality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 4710
• Professor: Jorge Lazo Cividanes

Document Summary

How is the world unbalanced and how are the symmetry between north and south: looking at the gross national product this is a look at world wide wealth, countries like japan western europe and us hold a larger gnp compared to poluation, countries by per capita income high income, upper middle income , low middle income, low income, least developed countries are categorized by having a high mortality rate and low economic growth, quality of life/social indicators, hdi human development index 0 low development to 1 high developed. The development: the concept suggests seveal connotations social political human and, economic development refers to all social canges associated with the economic development social and economic progress, the underdevelopment would be a situation regression and economic, in the process of social change we consider that development can be degradation. shaped by the state.