Disparities_Wealth_Development

=Disparities in Wealth and Development=



**SYLLABUS REQUIREMENTS**


 * M **easurements of regional and global disparities** || Define indices of infant mortality, education, nutrition, income, marginalization, human development index (HDI). Explain the value of the indices in measuring disparities across the globe.


 * 3 hours ** ||
 * O **rigin of disparities** || Explain disparities and inequities that occur within countries resulting from ethnicity, residence, parental education, income, employment (formal and informal), and land ownership.


 * 3 hours ** ||
 * D **isparities and change** || Identify and explain the changing patterns and trends of regional and global disparities of life expectancy, education and income.

Examine the progress made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in poverty reduction, education and health.


 * 5 hours ** ||
 * R **educing disparities** || Discuss the different ways in which disparities can be reduced with an emphasis on trade and market access, debt-relief, aid and remittances.

Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies designed to reduce disparities.


 * 5 hours ** ||

**[[image:resources.png]]ONLINE RESOURCES**
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[[image:skills.png]]GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS
Development Diamonds, Measures of correlation (including Spearman rank).

[[image:resources.png]]**GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES**
International data base [|international data base]

Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/

[[image:resources.png]]TEXTBOOK RESOURCES

 * • **measurements of regional and global disparities** || Chapter 1 Growth, Wealth and Happiness in Population, Resources and Development by Jane Chrispin and Francis Jegede.

Planet Geography Second Edition Chapter 5 Development Geography Geographic Development p.87-89, Indicators of Development p.89-93 (including HDI on page 92), Global Variations in Development p. 93-100. ||
 * • **origin of disparities** || Planet Geography Second Edition Chapter 5 Development China's Economic Development p. 118- 128, including uneven impact of economic development on different parts of China. Papua New Guinea's Economic Development, including the distribution of economic development relating to income distribution, health status and care, educaitonal status and government services p.128- 136. ||
 * • **disparities and change** ||  ||
 * • **reducing disparities** ||  ||