Consequence |
Evidence |
Impact |
Changes in wealth |
Personal wealth in China and India has quadrupled since 2000. USA has over 35% of total global wealth but only 6% of the global adult population. |
Places like the USA have disproportionate economic influence. |
Health |
In LICs 4/10 deaths are in children under 15 years old whereas it is 1/100 in HICs. 2/10 deaths are aged 70+ in LICs but 7/10 are in HICs- this is because a lower amount of people reach that age in LICs |
Health care is patchy in LICs. There is a disproportionate amount of avoidable deaths in LICs. |
Economic Migrants |
2/3 of migrant workers to Britain are polish because they can earn 5x more in the UK than in Poland. 1.5 million economic migrants have moved to the UK since 2004. |
Disparities in wealth cause people to move country in order to seek out more reliable or better paid employment. |
Forced Migration |
4 million have left Syria to camps in Jordan and Turkey. 1.1 Syrian refugees have been accepted into Germany in 2015. |
Uneven development may make some countries unstable. This can result in wars or experiences that force some people to move from their home country to another. |