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SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY
Enviromental problems
affect the environment
due to human activity
Deforestation
The disappearance of forests
Desertification and erosion
spreading of deserts
destroys land
Depletion of natural resources
The demand for natural resources to sustain economic growth
the wasting of these resources
Contamination and pollution
the biggest problems that development creates
Conflicts in the world today
Wars
In 2015, quite extensive armed conflicts still exist
Neocolonialism and external debt
Neocolonialism is the economic and political dependencies
Growing external debt makes them even more dependent
Hunger and poverty
the level of world hunger has decreased
population growth makes it so that there are more poor people
Diseases and epidemics
They are especially dangerous in the underdeveloped world
due to the lack of health services and hygiene
Education
great number of children cannot go to schools
some groups, such as women, are excluded from education altogether
Lack of citizen participation and democracy
A large portion of developing countries are ruled by dictatorships or non-democratic regimes
From survival to quality of life
Development versus poverty
require the developed world to support real and comprehensive development programmes
more than 1.5 billion additional people are on the poverty line, mostly in emerging countries
Solidarity versus inequality
Inequality is at its most extreme in developing countries, but it also exists in developed countries
To fight against inequality, we must call for international solidarity
Equality versus discrimination
Discrimination is one of the great evils of today's world and a problem which must be eliminated.
equality must apply in all different fields: education, health and work
must be one of society's main objectives