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Poverty, Inequality and International Organisations. Taster Day. Can international politics just be limited to power politics? Welfare Justice Equality Freedom. Have and Have nots : Poverty and Inequality Half of world’s population lives on less than $1 a day
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Poverty, Inequality and International Organisations Taster Day
Can international politics just be limited to power politics? Welfare Justice Equality Freedom
Have and Have nots: Poverty and Inequality • Half of world’s population lives on less than $1 a day • Poverty cycle • Education • Health • Infrastructure • Why? • Globalisation and inequality • Trade • Finance • Development • The International • Governance • Corruption
How can we address poverty and inequality? • States • Developed • Developing • Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) • Global rules • International Organisations • United Nations system • Bretton Woods Institutions
Problems with International Organisations • Power • Representation • Accountability • Legitimacy • Democracy • Conditionalities
How do these problems manifest themselves in practice? • Case Study 1: HIV/AIDS • 22/33million people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa • Poverty cycle • $15 billion goes to combat HIV/AIDS per year • Multi-sectoral response • Case Study 2: The Global Recession • Global financial crisis i.e. beyond the state • EU • G20, the IMF and the World Bank
Break out session Group 1: HIV/AIDS Group 2: The Global Financial Crisis Why are these issues global political problems? How can these global problems be addressed? By states/international organisations/the individual?