poverty around the world...

Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present. In most nations today, inequality, the gap between the rich and the poor is quite high and often widening. The causes are numerous, including a lack of invidual responsibility, bad goverment policy, exploitation by people and businesses with power and influence, or soem combinations of these and other factors. Many feel that high levels of inequality will affect social cohesion and lead to problem such as increasing crime and violence.

Inequality is often a measure of relative poverty. Absolute poverty, however is also a concern. World Bank figures for world poverty reveals a higher number of people live in poverty than previously thought. For example, the new poverty line is defined as living on the equivalent of $1.25 a day. With that measure based on data available (2005), 1.4 billion people live on or below that line.

Furthermore, almost half the world (over 3 billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.

So, as a human being what should we do to reduce the poverty around the world? What is/are the best way to reduce this?

THE MEANINGS !!!

When we talk about globalization and poverty, firstly we should know what is actually the globalization and poverty means to us. Let's check the definitions of :

~GLOBALIZATION~

>> The system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy.

>> Its refers to the integration of economics and societies all over the world.

>> Its involves technological, economy, politicial, and cultural exchanges made possible largely by advances in communication, transportation, and infrastructure.



~POVERTY~

>> Some people describe poverty as a lack essential items - such as food, clothing, water, and shelter - need for proper living.

>> At the UN's World Summit on Social Development, the 'Copenhagen Declaration' described poverty as"...a condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information". When people are unable to eat, to go to school, or have any access to health care, then they can be considered to be in poverty, regardless of their income.

Book for Globalization

finally I had found an interesting book for my globalization subject. the title of the book is " The Impact Of Globalization On The World's Poor : Transmission Mechanisms". the book were edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke. It was first published on 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN. The 380 pages book actually a research projects of UNU-WIDER. It was launched as a project name 'The Impact Of Globalization On The World's Poor' in 2004. the project aims to produce a set of rigorous theoritical and empirical economic analyses, which could allow us to deepen our understanding of how conditions facing the world's poor have been evolving under globalization and  provide a framework yielding the elements of a strategy for 'pro-poor globalization'.

how to choose and what should i choose ???

hello!!!
how to choose and what should i choose? actually i'm not sure how to choose a book for my "globalisasi dan pembangunan negara" book. it is difficult  to choose because in library.nu there are so many books about globalization. i need to study the book first before making the best decision. the book that will be chosen also will become my update topics for this blog. anyone can suggests what kind of topic i need to choose.

introduction...

first of all i would like to thank my niece bcoz help me to do this nice blog..tq dear..actually this blog is for my "globalisasi dan pembangunan negara" assignment..in this blog, i must update all about globalization...so, everybody who follows my blog can comments and discuss about the globalization issues.. hope this blog will give informations to all...