Jihad vs. McWorld, Continued...

Starter 9:  Global Poverty Reduction

Region	$1 per day				$1.25 per day[36]
	1990	2002	2004		1981	2008
East Asia and Pacific	15.40%	12.33%	9.07%		77.2%	14.3%
Europe and Central Asia	3.60%	1.28%	0.95%		1.9%	0.5%
Latin America and the Caribbean	9.62%	9.08%	8.64%		11.9%	6.5%
Middle East and North Africa	2.08%	1.69%	1.47%		9.6%	2.7%
South Asia	35.04%	33.44%	30.84%		61.1%	36%
Sub-Saharan Africa	46.07%	42.63%	41.09%		51.5%	47.5%
World					52.2%	22.4%

1.    ^ "Regional aggregation using 2005 PPP and $1.25 per day poverty line". The World Bank. 2011.

1. What are 2 trends you notice in this chart?  Explain.

2. What conclusions can you infer, based on these numbers?

3. What are two possible explanations for the trend you see here in global poverty reduction?

If you're interested in this, check out this link from the Economist: How did the global poverty rate halve in 20 years?

Jihad vs. McWorld

-Read through the top of page 5.  If you finish during class today, keep going!

-Find and label the thesis (this time it is on the first page!)

-At least TWO annotations PER PAGE.  Remember, these must be substantive!  See yesterdays post for suggestions about what you can do in your annotations if you're stuck.

HOMEWORK:  Finish reading and annotating Jihad vs. McWorld through the top of page 5.  DUE: Start of class, Friday.