1. The Distribution of Wealth
Is money evenly distributed in the world?

2. The Distribution of Wealth
Key Questions:
Where is wealth distributed?
What is the development gap?
What are HICs/MICs/LICs?
Can I draw and interpret choropleth maps?
So…which continents do you think have the most money? Try to rank them…
Let’s see…

3. The following ten pictures are in descending order of the price paid (measured in US dollars) of a family of four’s food consumption for a week. Food as one of the basic staples of life is a good way of measuring the level and type of development that has been achieved around the world. Guess which country each family comes from, and how much their weekly shopping bill was in $ (=6RMB)
We are what we eat…

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14. Source: ‘Hungry Planet: What the World Eats’ by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio (2005)
1. GERMANY $500
2. USA (North Carolina) - $342
3. ITALY $260
4. GREAT BRITAIN $253
5. MEXICO $189
6. CHINA $155
7. EGYPT $68
8. ECUADOR $31
9. BHUTAN $5
10. REFUGEE CAMP Sudanese living in Chad - $1.23

15. So where do billionaires live…
Look at your table – how are you going to calculate the last column for each region? Copy out the table.
Region
Population (millions)
Billionaires total
Billionaires per 100 million population
Africa
933 5
Asia
3700
142
Australia & New Zealand 25 13
Europe
810
265
Latin America
556 36
Middle East
193
North America
334
441
Billionaires / (1/100th of population)

16. Create a choropleth map showing wealth distribution
Add a title to your world map
Add a key for your map – Colour each category and then the right regions
Describe the pattern of distribution
Suggest reasons for this distribution

17. Economic Development

18. So what is the ‘development gap’?
In 1981, the West German Chancellor Brandt produced a landmark report on uneven global development
This became known as the north-south divide….divided by the ‘Brandt line’

19. North-South Divide
TASK: With help from a world map, name 5 countries north of the Brandt line and 5 south of it
Brandt Commission in 1981 19

20. Does the Brandt line still apply today?
TASK: Using your map, try drawing your own Brandt line dividing MEDCs to LEDCs
Discuss: What’s changed today? Which countries have become more developed and why?!