Global inequalities are exacerbated by physical and human factors:
Economic factors – global imbalance of trade between different parts of the world.
The imbalance in the pattern of world trade - word doc
the attempts to reduce it: The contributions of Fair Trade and Trading Groups.
Environmental factors – the impact of natural hazards. A case study of a natural hazard. HAITI: WATCH!
Two years on - listen to this report from The Guardian and watch the BBC news Jan2012 Haiti is victim to other natural hazards - Hurricane Sandy October 2012
Social factors – differences in the quantity and quality of water available on peoples’ standards of living.
Political influences – the impact of unstable governments - political conflicts (e.g. Afghanistan and political mismanagement e.g. Zimbabwe and Haiti) Syria - the BBC outlines the story of the conflict. Read this story of daily life. watch this newsreport
A good overview of many of the issues... WATCH!
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An overview of what’s happening in Syria from the BBC