Indigenous people: IFG MAP

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Indigenous people IFG MAP

• IFG ? International Forum on Globalization
• Map Issued in 2003
• First-ever Visualization of Globalization Effects
  on Indigenous People
• Negative Impacts Include
• Biopiracy
• Dams
• Water
• Fisheries
• Loss of Land
• Mining
• Pollution
• Shipping

DARFUR, SUDAN
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agriculture
NILGIRIS MOUNTAINS, INDIA

• Cash Crops
• Fair Trade?
• Soil Fertility
• The Hunger Paradox
• Examples

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HAITI
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Environment

• Out of Time
• Carbon Emissions Global Trade
• The Rainforest
• Agriculture

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The Effects of sap conditions
Derived in part from 50 Years is not Enough
Network Structural Adjustment found at
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A word from stephen lewis

• Global Economics The World Bank IMF

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• Global Economics The World Bank IMF

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The Solutions

• Global Economics The World Bank IMF

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RECAP

• The numbers of people living on less than 2 per
  day has risen by almost 50 since 1980, to 2.8
  billion, almost half the worlds population. And
  this is precisely the period that has been most
  heavily liberalized. (World Bank, Global Economic
  Outlook 2000)
• WHY?
• ANSWER
• The worlds poorest countries share of world
  trade has declined by more than 40 per cent since
  1980 to a mere 0.4 per cent. (UNCTAD, Conference
  on Least Developed Countries 1999)
• WHY?
• ANSWER
• Developing countries face higher tariffs on
  processed goods than on commodities this is one
  of the reasons that the poorest countries are
  heavily dependent on a few commodities. Typical
  example, Burundi, where 98 of the exports are
  coffee, tea and cotton. ("IMF Calls For Farm
  Subsidy Cuts," Andrew Walker, BBC News, 29 April
  2002)
• Permission granted by the World Trade
  Organization to utilize the above information for
  educational purposes http//www.gatt.org/trastat_
  e.html

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RECAP

• The poorest 49 countries make up 10 of the
  worlds population, but account for only 0.4 of
  world trade. This disparity has been growing.
  (UNCTAD, Conference on Least Developed Countries
  2001)
• AND
• The U.N. estimates that poor countries lose about
  2 billion US per day because of unjust trade
  rules, many instituted by our organization - 14
  times the amount they receive in aid. (UNCTAD,
  Conference on Least Developed Countries 2001)
• WHY?
• ANSWER
• Tariffs increase with the level of processing in
  Japan and the EU tariffs on fully processed food
  are twice as high as those placed on first-stage
  processed food in Canada they are 12 times as
  high. This means the incentive for Third World
  countries is to output skill-unintensive staples
  rather than develop their technological
  infrastructure. (WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
  - Cairns Group Negotiating Proposal, 21 December
  2001)
• WHY?
• ANSWER
• A trade dominated by basic commodities means that
  these countries do not develop their
  infrastructural technologies, including education
  and training. The populations remain essentially
  in the service of more complex industries in the
  First World, which favours First World
  development but not that of the Third World.
  ("The Great Trade Robbery," OXFAM)
• Permission granted by the World Trade
  Organization to utilize the above information for
  educational purposes http//www.gatt.org/trastat_
  e.html

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Changing the Trend

• The Share of World Trade
• Tariff Escalation
• Example
• Nigeria

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Changing the Trend (2)

• Higher Tariffs
• Rich Countries
• Poor Countries
• The Result
• Population Paradox

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What About the Debt

• AID AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• AID FOR INFRACSTRUCTURE
• THE DEBT
• DEBT FORGIVENESS

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Fair Trade

• THE REAL FAIR TRADE
• 2 WORDS X 2
• POVERTY ALLEVIATION
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• WHY AID IS NOT ENOUGH?
• OUTSOURCING
• CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

THAILAND
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What can you do?

• EDUCATE YOURSELF
• Control where your dollar goes
• How do I know if a product I buy is a fair trade
  product?
• Website
• Attend more rallies, sign petitions,
  support/promote causes

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Summary

• Developed Countries Have a Responsibility to
• Reducing trade restrictions on the products of
  poorer countries
• Making trade fair between both rich and poor
  countries
• Eliminating unpaid debt to start clean slate for
  poor countries

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Inform yourself
Global Issues www.globalissues.org World
Development Movement www.wdm.org.uk International
Forum on Globalization www.ifg.org Survival
International www.survival-international.org Worl
d Social Forum www.forumsocialmundial.org.br 50
Years is Not Enough Network www.50years.org
Global Citizen www.citizen.org John
Pilger www.johnpilger.com World
Changing www.worldchanging.com World
Revolution www.worldrevolution.org Third World
Network www.twnside.org.sg Globalization
101 www.globalizastion101.com
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Thank you!
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