SOCI 254 Lecture Notes - Tuberculosis, Measles, Sub-Saharan Africa
12 Dec 2012
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First world countries have reached a high level of well-being (education, life expectancy, etc. ) Productivity and efficiency gains are major in all aspects. Economic growth, measured by income per capita. Paralleled by other aspects of socio-economic characteristics (summarized in. Long-century of growth 1820-1950 that affected many parts of the world the hdi and the human development report) Undeniable success hides certain issues: inequality, absolute gap between rich and poor countries is widening. The poor have grown to be a little less poor and the rich have become much richer over the last few decades. The relative gap: proportion of poor in relation to rich, widening. Few countries will be able to close this gap at some time. Exporting products in poorer countries has become very popular (i. e. wheat production and consumption) but can be a poor competitor in comparison to rich countries (i. e. canada"s wheat production) Technological changes has multiplier effects in rich countries.
