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Your initial thoughts, about which factors influence development and the development
gap…
Thoughts at this
moment in time?
War! what is it good for?
Effects of war:
Country’s
economic
focus
Economic
pressure
Lack of
investment
in the social
sector
Lack of
economically
active
Poor
education
and
healthcare
As debt
increases
Poverty
pushes
people down
Players
-Thoughts at
this moment in
time?
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Date
2003-2009/2010
Location
Darfur& Sudan
Result
Unclear
humanitarian
catastrophe.
start of the civil
war in Chad and
the central
African republic
bush war.
Low-level
violence and
banditry
continues
Truce signed in
2010
2004 September - UN says Sudan has not
met targets for disarming progovernment Darfur militias and must
accept outside help to protect civilians.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell
describes Darfur killings as genocide.
2006 November African Union
extends mandate of
its peacekeeping
force in Darfur for six
months.
Hundreds are
thought to have died
in the heaviest
fighting between
northern Sudanese
forces and their
former southern
rebel foes since they
signed a peace deal
last year. Fighting is
centred on the
southern town of
Malakal.
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s
population accounts for 5 percent of
global income. The richest 20 percent
accounts for three-quarters of world
income.
If current trends continue, the
Millennium Development Goals target
of halving the proportion of
underweight children will be missed by
30 million children, largely because of
slow progress in Southern Asia and
sub-Saharan Africa
Nearly a billion people entered the
21st century unable to read a book or
sign their names
"Developing countries, and the poorest
people who live in them, are the most
vulnerable to climate change. Yet it is also
they who are most in need of expanded
energy services to meet their growth and
development needs. UNDP is working
across the world to help developing
countries build the capacity needed both
to adapt to the impacts of climate change
and dramatically expand the reach of
affordable, improved energy services to
the 2 billion people who currently go
without. As global citizens we cannot
afford to wait to address these urgent
issues."
- Mark Malloch Brown
http://www.undp.org/energy/climate.htm
We in rich developed countries tend to
think of climate change as a threat to our
future – but communities in developing
countries are feeling its effects now. Poor
people are most vulnerable to changes to
their environment. Many live in fragile
housing on marginal land; rely heavily on
agriculture, and lack savings or insurance
to recover from a disaster.150,000 people
already die every year from healthrelated effects of climate change By
2050, rising sea levels and crop failures
could create 150 million refugees
-Thoughts at
this moment
in time?
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Through exploring a number of factors it has become clear that there is a notable
interaction with each factor.
Threats faced in Sudan have exacerbated the situation to a point of high conflict and
severe vulnerability.
Climate change is a global threat to many developing nations, including Sudan which is
facing many major issues such as water shortage, which has heightened conflict and
political stability.
The economic impacts of a countries debt can only hinder the progress of its
development. There are also other impacts which have been highlighted throughout
this presentation.