Faqir
05-25-2000, 06:30 AM
World Analysis From Washington -- When National Incomes Diverge
By Paul Goble
Washington, 24 May 2000 (RFE/RL) -- The gap in per capita incomes between the citizens of rich and poor nations -- now at its highest level in history -- is increasing so rapidly that it is sparking concern about the future stability of the international system.
One of those speaking out on this danger is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In a commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, Annan warned of dangers ahead and sharply criticized the United States for not spending more on foreign assistance to help the poorest of the poor.
His comments appear to have been provoked less by American behavior than by data generated by the UN's World Institute for Development Economics Research and analyzed by experts at the United Nations Development Program.
According to these findings (available online at www.wider.unu.edu), average individual income of those in the richest fifth of the world's countries relative to that same measure in the poorest fifth rose from a ratio of 30 to one in 1960 to 60 to one in 1990 and to 74 to one as of last year.
Qachongacha uzimizni uzimiz aldaymiz, porloq va buyuk kelajak haqida????
By Paul Goble
Washington, 24 May 2000 (RFE/RL) -- The gap in per capita incomes between the citizens of rich and poor nations -- now at its highest level in history -- is increasing so rapidly that it is sparking concern about the future stability of the international system.
One of those speaking out on this danger is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In a commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, Annan warned of dangers ahead and sharply criticized the United States for not spending more on foreign assistance to help the poorest of the poor.
His comments appear to have been provoked less by American behavior than by data generated by the UN's World Institute for Development Economics Research and analyzed by experts at the United Nations Development Program.
According to these findings (available online at www.wider.unu.edu), average individual income of those in the richest fifth of the world's countries relative to that same measure in the poorest fifth rose from a ratio of 30 to one in 1960 to 60 to one in 1990 and to 74 to one as of last year.
Qachongacha uzimizni uzimiz aldaymiz, porloq va buyuk kelajak haqida????