2. Per Capita Gross National Product United States & Japan = + $27,000 U.K. & Germany = $23,000-27,000 Italy & Australia = $15,000-23,000 Brazil & Mexico = $3,500-6,000 China & Romania = $500-1,000 India & Mali = < $500
3. Obstacles to Development Population Growth Geography/Natural Resources Education/Technology Religion External Debt Corruption War and It’s Aftermath
4. Population Growth The challenge of the future is a balance between: the rights of the individual vs. the sustainability of the planet. What are the specific rights of the individual that are involved? What are the pressures put on the planet?
7. Geography/ Natural Resources Draw a map of the world. Shade the areas that you believe are the developed areas of the world. Choose five major economic powers.
15. Religion – Is development a Western concept and goal? Hinduism Buddhism Judeo-Christian Islam
16. External Debt In 1970 In 2002 $25 b. (world’s 60 poorest) $523b. $11b. (Africa) $295b. Budgets of the World Mali = $1.8 b. (‘06) Nigeria = $30.6 b.(‘08) Angola = $27.1 b. China = $868 b. New York City = $60 b. (‘07) Montana = $4.7 b.
17. Countries In the Red Bulgaria Cameroon Ivory Coast Ethiopia Honduras Jordan Madagascar Syria Tanzania Sudan and Zambia = 2x Angola = 3x