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Ending Global Poverty
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Ending Global Poverty
What does it mean to be a global citizen?
"Just how much we will ourselves obliged to give up will depend on what we consider to be of comparable moral significance to the poverty we could prevent: color television, stylish clothes, expensive dinners, a sophisticated stereo system, overseas holidays, a (second?) car, a larger house, private schools for our children...none of these is likely to be of comparable significance to the reduction of absolute poverty."
-Peter Singer
National Aid Efforts
Private Aid Efforts
- Humanitarian
- Emergency Assistance
- Food Aid
- Military Assistance
- NGOs (Non-government Organizations)
- Foundations
- Business Donations
- Grants
- Goods
- Volunteers
- Ministries
- Educational Scholarships
History of Foreign Aid
1630: John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity"
1913: Rockefeller Foundation
1920s: Andrew Carnegie
1936: Ford Foundation
1970: UN donor nations decide to give .7% of GNI annually
1997: Ted Turner
1999: Gates Foundation
Problems with Private Aid
- Bill Gates: $100 Million to fight AIDs in India really only to improve public image and business in India
- Dependency
- Misuse of Donations
- 1995-2002: 152 incidents of misconduct (104 of which were criminal acts)
- Danger for volunteers
Successes of Foreign Aid
Problems with Government Aid
- Indonesia
- Botswana
- Vietnam
- Failure to meet .7% requirement
- Corruption by recipient governments
- Donations in interest of donor nations
Depth of Global Poverty
Today:
- 1/4 of the World's population lives in poverty
- 3 Billion people live on <$2.50
- 1.6 Billion people live without electricity
- 40,000 children will die of starvation
- 16,000 children will die of diarrhea or respiratory infections
Is foreign aid a national
or private responsibility?
Brielle Powers