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Human Inequality in Global Perspective
by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi
The past year has been a tumultuous one -- the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world works, but in ways that we do not yet understand, while #BlackLivesMatter has been challenging deep-seated structures of authority around the world. We know that the COVID-19 pandemic is a pandemic of inequality -- marginalized and racialized communities are far more vulnerable to the SARS-COV-2 virus. We know that #BlackLivesMatter challenges structures of inequality. We live in a world that on the one hand is richer than at any other time in human history but which on the other hand sees hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and global inequality being historically unprecedented. These forces can be starkly illustrated: on 20 July 2020 Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, added US$13 billion to his wealth in just one day. Our world can at times appear to be out of control and beyond our comprehension. Yet it is possible to cut through this complexity an
Episodes
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EP 08 International development assistance – help or hindrance? PT 5: How does international development happen?
International development assistance, or "aid", is the transfer of resources at concessional rates of interest, which means rates of interest that are lower than those that could be obtained on financial markets. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Co-operation…
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EP 08 International development assistance – help or hindrance? PT 4: What is Canada's role in international aid?
International development assistance, or "aid", is the transfer of resources at concessional rates of interest, which means rates of interest that are lower than those that could be obtained on financial markets. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Co-operation…
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EP 08 International development assistance – help or hindrance? PT 3: Current developments in aid policy and practice
International development assistance, or "aid", is the transfer of resources at concessional rates of interest, which means rates of interest that are lower than those that could be obtained on financial markets. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Co-operation…
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EP 08 International development assistance – help or hindrance? PT 2: Why is aid volatile?
International development assistance, or "aid", is the transfer of resources at concessional rates of interest, which means rates of interest that are lower than those that could be obtained on financial markets. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Co-operation…
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EP 08 International development assistance – help or hindrance? PT 1: What is aid?
International development assistance, or "aid", is the transfer of resources at concessional rates of interest, which means rates of interest that are lower than those that could be obtained on financial markets. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization of Economic Co-operation…
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EP 07 Regulating globalization and international trade PT 4: Globalization and its discontents
As we have seen, globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. However, the process of globalization is not unfettered; it is regulated, by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has an immense impact on our lives, but it is little known, and...
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EP 07 Regulating globalization and international trade PT 3: Bilateral and regional trade and investment agreements
As we have seen, globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. However, the process of globalization is not unfettered; it is regulated, by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has an immense impact on our lives, but it is little known, and...
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EP 07 Regulating globalization and international trade PT 2: The Doha Development Agenda
As we have seen, globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. However, the process of globalization is not unfettered; it is regulated, by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has an immense impact on our lives, but it is little known, and...
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EP 07 Regulating Regulating globalization and international trade PT 1: The World Trade Organization
As we have seen, globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. However, the process of globalization is not unfettered; it is regulated, by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has an immense impact on our lives, but it is little known, and...
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EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 4: Is globalization inevitable?
Globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. Principally demonstrated by an increasing trade-intensity of production, an increasing share of foreign direct investment in production, and an increasing share of portfolio investment in production,...
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EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 3: Transnational corporations and corporate power
Globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. Principally demonstrated by an increasing trade-intensity of production, an increasing share of foreign direct investment in production, and an increasing share of portfolio investment in production,...
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EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 2: Elements of the transnational corporation
Globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. Principally demonstrated by an increasing trade-intensity of production, an increasing share of foreign direct investment in production, and an increasing share of portfolio investment in production,...
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EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 1: What is globalization?
Globalization is the economic integration of trade, production and finance on a world scale. Principally demonstrated by an increasing trade-intensity of production, an increasing share of foreign direct investment in production, and an increasing share of portfolio investment in production,...
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EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 4: Do IMF and World Bank policies work?
The debt crisis that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s forced a number of states in Asia, Africa and Latin America to seek out financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Assistance was given in exchange for a dismantling of the developmental state and…
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EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 3: The Washington Consensus, structural adjustment and PRSPs
The debt crisis that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s forced a number of states in Asia, Africa and Latin America to seek out financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Assistance was given in exchange for a dismantling of the developmental state and…
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EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 2: The Bretton Woods institutions
The debt crisis that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s forced a number of states in Asia, Africa and Latin America to seek out financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Assistance was given in exchange for a dismantling of the developmental state and…
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EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 1: The debt crisis
The debt crisis that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s forced a number of states in Asia, Africa and Latin America to seek out financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Assistance was given in exchange for a dismantling of the developmental state and…
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EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 3: Import-substituting industrialization: success or failure?
Latin America decolonized in the early 19th century. Following the end of World War I, some limited decolonization took place. But as nationalism gathered pace in the 1920s and 1930s mass movements for liberation and independence blossomed. In the aftermath of World War II the decolonization of...
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EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 2: The developmental state
Latin America decolonized in the early 19th century. Following the end of World War I, some limited decolonization took place. But as nationalism gathered pace in the 1920s and 1930s mass movements for liberation and independence blossomed. In the aftermath of World War II the decolonization of...
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EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 1: Origins of decolonization
Latin America decolonized in the early 19th century. Following the end of World War I, some limited decolonization took place. But as nationalism gathered pace in the 1920s and 1930s mass movements for liberation and independence blossomed. In the aftermath of World War II the decolonization of...
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EP 03 Colonialism and development in the South and in the North, 1500 – 1950 PT 4: Colonialism, imperialism and Canada
Modern humans first appeared on the planet around 200,000 years ago, and just over 10,000 years ago humanity began the 5,000 year transition from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers. From there, it was another 4,500 years before Europeans starting spreading outwards from Europe in large...
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EP 03 Colonialism and development in the South and in the North, 1500 – 1950 PT 3: The scramble for Africa
Modern humans first appeared on the planet around 200,000 years ago, and just over 10,000 years ago humanity began the 5,000 year transition from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers. From there, it was another 4,500 years before Europeans starting spreading outwards from Europe in large...
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EP 03 Colonialism and development in the South and in the North, 1500 – 1950 PT 2: Colonial enslavement
Modern humans first appeared on the planet around 200,000 years ago, and just over 10,000 years ago humanity began the 5,000 year transition from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers. From there, it was another 4,500 years before Europeans starting spreading outwards from Europe in large...
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EP 03 Colonialism and development in the South and in the North, 1500 – 1950 PT 1: Feudalism, colonialism and genocide
Modern humans first appeared on the planet around 200,000 years ago, and just over 10,000 years ago humanity began the 5,000 year transition from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers. From there, it was another 4,500 years before Europeans starting spreading outwards from Europe in large...
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world PT 6: Why is there so much inequality, and does it matter?
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world PT 5: The 1 %
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world PT 4: Inequality
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world Pt 3: Deprivation and human development
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world PT 2: Poverty
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 02 The challenge — poverty and inequality in a globalizing world PT 1: Per capita income
What exactly is the state of contemporary poverty and inequality, both in Canada and around the world? In this Episode we will examine definitions of poverty and inequality and, using these definitions, look at estimates of the numbers of those living in poverty and estimates of the state of…
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EP 01 What is international development? PT 2 Defining international development
The idea of international development has its origins in US President Harry S Truman's "Four Point" Speech on 20 January 1949. However, even though more than 70 years has passed since that time, "development" still means different things to different people. In this Episode we will explore a...
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EP 01 What is international development? PT 1 An interconnected world
The idea of international development has its origins in US President Harry S Truman's "Four Point" Speech on 20 January 1949. However, even though more than 70 years has passed since that time, "development" still means different things to different people. In this Episode we will explore a...
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The past year has been a tumultuous one -- the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world works, but in ways that we do not yet understand, while #BlackLivesMatter has been challenging deep-seated structures of authority around the world.
We know that the COVID-19 pandemic is a pandemic of inequality -- marginalized and racialized communities are far more vulnerable to the SARS-COV-2 virus. We know that #BlackLivesMatter challenges structures of inequality. We live in a world that on the one hand is richer than at any other time in human history but which on the other hand sees hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and global inequality being historically unprecedented. These forces can be starkly illustrated: on 20 July 2020 Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, added US$13 billion to his wealth in just one day.
Our world can at times appear to be out of control and beyond our comprehension. Yet it is possible to cut through this complexity an
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A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi
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