Shar
ing t
he
Earth
’s
Reso
urce
s
H
u
ma
n
D
ev
el
o
p
me
n
t
R
ep
o
rt
(
2
0
0
3
)
1.2 billio
n live on less tha
n $1/day
827.5 mi
llion people are
undernourished
114 mi
llion prima ry age children
are not e nrolled
1. 2 billio
n have no access
to imp
roved water sou
rces
U
N
IC
E
F
(
2
0
0
5
)
30,000 c
hildren age 5 and below die ea
ch day due to p
overty
or 210,0
00 children each week
just und
er 11 million children each ye
P
h
il
ip
p
in
e
s
(2
0
0
6
)
4.7 mi
llion
families
are poo
r
the pove
rty line for a
family of 5 have
an estima
ted inc ome of
P6, 274/ mont
h
A
n
E
co
n
o
m
ic
D
isp
a
ri
ty
The richest 5%
of the
world’s people, fo
r
instance, receive
s 114
times the income
of the
poorest 5%
the rich
est 1%
receives as
much as the poo
rest 57%
A
n
E
co
n
o
m
ic
D
isp
a
ri
ty
The comb
ined wealth of the world’s 200
richest people is
$1 trillion while the comb
ined income
of the 582 million p
eople living in 43 least develop
ed countries is $14
P
h
Mindan
ao ‐
88.8% p
overty
vs
Metro M
anila ‐
4.3% po
verty
W
h
1. War ‐ war‐torn
Mindanao: Sulu
, Tawi‐
tawi, Basilan, an
d Zamb
oanga del Norte
have the
highest
poverty inciden
ces
2. Political sy
stems
that undermin
e proBit‐m
otivated
economic syst
ems
W
h
?
4. Inequitable
distribution o
f wealth
and reso urces
5. Environmen
tal
conditions
6. Over ‐utiliza
tion of
W
h
a
t
ca
u
se
d
t
h
is
re
a
li
ty
o
f
p
o
v
e
rt
y
?
opportu7. Lack ofnities
8. Lack of edu
cation
9. Corruption
10. Over consu
mption
11. Greed
S
o
m
e
c
o
n
si
d
e
re
d
m
y
th
s
o
f
p
o
v
e
rt
y
1.
Scarce R
esourc
es
2.
Overpo
pulatio
n
3.
Laziness
E
co
n
o
m
ic
G
lo
b
a
li
za
ti
o
n
economic integra
tion of the w
orlds’ countries through the incr
eased [low of goods an
d services, capital
and labor (Stiglitz, 2
007)
it is to b
e addressed globally
U
N
extremeGoal 1: povertyEradicate and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve
universal prima
ry education
Goal 3: Promo
te gender equality and emp
ower women
Goal 4:
Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve
maternal health
Goal 6: Comb
at HIV/ AIDS, ma
laria an d other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure
environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop
a Global Partners
hip for Development
S
e
a
tw
o
rk
:
What d
o you think?
What pr
ogress has been
made in the atta
inment of
these goals?
What ch
allenges have be
en
encountered in me
eting
these goals?
*be par
ticular on what speciBic goal yo
