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FRIGHTENINGLY
The gap continues to grow, despite the efforts of
organizations such as the UN, aid from
government agencies, and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) such as Save the Children
or Oxfam.
UNFORTUNATELY
Poverty is very much real and it is unlikely that
extreme poverty will be ended in a generation
But why is this the case? Why is there so much
inequality and poverty around the world?
HOMEWORK
Visit http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries and compare
Canada with two other nations using key
development indicators
life expectancy rates literacy rates infant mortality rates disease
(e.g., HIV/AIDS) fertility - GDP population size
CONFLICT
Canada opts out of star wars
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1985-canada-opts-out-of-star-war
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