1. Global Poverty: Poverty and Wealth
Humanities-MYP Year 1

2. Vocabulary
poverty the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support
absolute poverty lack of basic human needs (food, clean water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care, education , and information); also known as destitution
relative poverty being below some relative income threshold (poverty line); differs for each society or country
What does this mean?

3. Percentage of population living on less than $1/day
UN estimates,

4. Questions Review map characteristics
Which regions/continents have the lowest percent living on less than $1/day?
Which regions/continents have the highest percentage living on less than $1/day?
Where do you think your country fits on the map?
NOTE: $1/day is the accepted “international poverty line” but each country has its own poverty line

5. So what? What does this mean? What does standard of living mean?
What is quality of life?
After establishing definitions of standard of living and quality of life, develop a hypothesis

6. More Definitions
standard of living the level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area
income, quality/availability of employment, poverty rate, quality/affordability of housing, GDP, costs of goods/services, infrastructure, political stability, religious freedom
quality of life not only the material standard of living , but also non-tangible aspects such as leisure, safety, cultural resources, social life, health, environment, etc.
Socioeconomic relating or involving both economics and social factors

7. Some things to think about….
Other ways to measure standard of living
access to certain goods (amount of refrigerators per 1000 people)
life expectancy
The ease in which someone can satisfy their needs and wants
Can 2 countries that have similar standards of living have very different quality of life? Explain.

8. HDI (human development index)

9. HDI
The human development index is one way of examining standard of living
It includes 3 dimensions health, education, and living standards
The dimensions are divided into 4 indicators:
Health life expectancy at birth
Education average years of schooling & expected years of schooling
Living standards gross national income per capita (average amount of money the typical citizen makes per year)

10. For example… CANADA (North America) 6 NEPAL (Asia) 157
Health Life expectancy=81 years old
Education Average years=17 years in school
Living standard GNI per capita=$35,166
NEPAL (Asia) 157
Health Life expectancy=69 years old
Education Average years=9 years in school
Living standard GNI per capita=$1,160

11. For example… Afghanistan (South Asia) 172 Luxembourg (Europe) 25
Health Life expectancy=48 years old
Education Average years=9 years in school
Living standard GNI per capita=$1, 416
Luxembourg (Europe) 25
Health Life expectancy=80 years old
Education Average years=13 years in school
Living standard GNI per capita=$50,557

12. Now….
Which country out of the examples do you think has the highest HDI?
Explain.
The GNI per capita of Luxembourg is greater than that of Canada, but…
Why?

13. Other ways to compare… Literacy rate Amount of doctors per 1,000
Amount of hospital beds per 1,000
HIV/AIDS rate
Infant mortality rate
Unemployment rate
GDP