UHAP 6013

Seminar on Global Development,

Economic and Social Issues

Group 2 Kumpulan Minyak

S Umeesh Kumar Suppramaniam
Fazarizul Hashidi Bin Muhamad Pauzi
Lim Seng Huat
Saiful Azam Mahmud
Introduction
Part 1 - Population
A population is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a
particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding. Current world population
according to Population Reference Bureau is 7.4 Billion.

Part 2 - Economic Crisis [Recession and Depression (economics)]

Negative GDP growth lasting two or more quarters is called a recession. An especially prolonged
or severe recession may be called a depression, while a long period of slow but not necessarily
negative growth is sometimes called economic stagnation.

Part 1 - Global Poverty

Poverty is general scarcity, famine, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material
possessions or money. It includes social, economic, and political elements. Poverty may be
defined as either absolute or relative.
Absolute poverty refers to the lack of means necessary to meet basic needs such as food,
clothing and shelter.
Relative poverty takes into consideration individual social and economic status compared to the
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Part 1 - Population

Current Population
(Mil)
Population growth
Current World Population : 7.4 billion in year 2016
Less than 1 billion 200 years ago.
Fact about world population growth
(Annual %)
- For thousands of years, population grew only slowly
- Between 1900 and 2000 the increase in world population was three times greater than the
entire previous history of humanity, an increase from 1.5 to 6.1 billion in just 100 years.
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Part 1 - Population

Concentration of current population Developed countries, politically stable, opportunity, technological

advancement, literacy, availability of basic necessities.
Growth of Population Lack of education, underdeveloped countries, lack of technological advancement
(contraceptives, birth control)
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Part 2 - Economic Crisis

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Part 2 - Economic Crisis
LEADING INDICATOR LAGGING INDICATOR

Stock market Gross Domestic

Manufacturing Products (GDP)
activity Income & wages
Inventory level Unemployment
Retail sales Consumer price index
Building permits (CPI)
Housing market Currency strength
New business Corporate profits
startups Balance of trade
Value of commodity
substitutes

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Part 3 - Global Poverty
World Bank Goals is
reduce the poverty
headcount ratio from
10.7% in year 2013 to a
minimum 3.0% by year
2030.

From World Bank data,

the extreme poverty has
long been defined as
living on or below $1.25 a
day (2008), but the World
Banks adjustment now
sets the poverty line at
$1.90 a day (start from
Sources: World
Oct. 2015).
7 Bank
Part 3 - Global Poverty

Sources: World
8 Bank
Discussion & Conclusion
These 3 topics are strongly interlinked:
Population Economic Crisis Global
Econom
Poverty ic Crisis
Population is an important factor in economic
crisis and global poverty. Global
Poverty
Will controlling population solve economic
crisis and global poverty?

- One simple strategy that will help to address all these problems: provide universal access
to voluntary family planning and reproductive health services. (The Population Institute)
- Over 100 million women in the world today who want to space or limit their pregnancies,
but who lack knowledge of, or access to, modern methods of contraception. By educating
and empowering women, and giving them access to family planning services, we can save
lives, strengthen families, fight poverty, preserve the environment, and help achieve a
world population that can live in harmony with the planet. (The Population Institute)

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 UHAP 6013
Seminar on Global Development,
Economic and Social Issues

Group 2 Kumpulan Minyak

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