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" Individual Activity. Underline the main ideas in the following texts and restate them in your own words in one to two sentences. Use appropriate reporting verbs. Clte your . source properly- 1. The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today. By 2030. no countrywhether the US. China. or any other large countrywill be a hegemonic power. The empowerment of Individuals and diffusion of power among states and from states to informal networks will have a dramatic impact, largely reversing the historic rise of the West since 1750. restoring Asia's weight in the global economy. and ushering in a new era of \"democratization\" at the international and domestic level. In addition to individual empowerment and the diffusion of state power, we believe that two other megatrends will shape our world out to 2030: demographic patterns. especially rapid aging; and growing resource demands which, in the cases of food and water, might lead to scarcities. These trends, which are virtually certain exist today, but during the next 15-20 years they will gain much greater momentum. Underpinning the megatrends are tectonic shiftscritical changes to key features of our global environment that will affect how the world-\"works\". Extrapolations of the megatrends would alone point. to a changed world by 2030 but the world could be transformed in radically different ways. We believe that six key game-changersquestions regarding the global economy, go'VernanCe. conict. regional instability, technology. and the role of the United Stateswill largely determine what kind of transformed world we will inhabit in 2030. Several potential Black ISwanscliscrete events democratlc China or a reformed Iranwould have-negative repercussions. Based upon what we know about the megatrends and the possible interactions between the megatrends and the game-changers, we have delineated four archetypal futures that represent distinct pathways for the world out to 2030. None of these alternative worlds is inevitable. in reality, the future probably will consist of elements from all the scenarios (National intelligence Council, 2012 p. Iii). ' Reference National Intelligence Council (2012). Global trends 2030: Alternative worlds. USA. Summary: Basics of Summarizing @ frogs1 Blahquing . 9 2. 2OnLEG bLOba 3. Why does gender equality matter for development? Poverty and inequality have been recurrent challenges in the Philippines and have The story of Ijuhanyondo village in Tanzania mirrors the evolution of gender equality again come to the fore in the wake of the current global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, across the world over the past quarter century. Although many women continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages in their daily lives, things have changed for the better- and commodity prices experienced in 2008. The proportion of households living below the offcial poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and and at a pace that would have been unthinkable even two decades ago. Women have poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People's made unprecedented gains in rights, in education and health, and in access to Jobs and Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The growth of the economy has livelihoods. More countries than ever guarantee women and men equal rights under the been characterized by boom and bust cycles, and current episodes of moderate economic law in such areas as property ownership, inheritance, and marriage. In all, 136 countries now expansion have had limited impact on poverty reduction. Other reasons for the relatively have explicit guarantees for the equality of all citizens and nondiscrimination between men moderate poverty decline include the high rate of inequality across Income brackets, and women in their constitutions. regions, and sectors, high population growth rates; and perennial occurrences of disasters Progress has not come easily. And it has not come evenly to all countries or to all and longstanding conflicts in various regions, especially in Mindanao. women-or across all dimensions of gender equality. The likelihood of women dying during childbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia is still comparable to that in After years of recognizing poverty as a key development problem and devising various Northern Europe in the 19th century. A wealthy urban child in Nigeria-boy or girl-averages strategies and programs for its reduction, the government is still confronting high levels of around 10 years of schooling, while poor rural Hausa girls average fewer than six months. poverty and hunger among its citizens. Long and persistent periods of high poverty may The rate at which women die relative to men is higher in low- and middle-income countries harm a country's development path as poverty itself becomes a drag to economic growth. compared with their high-income counterparts, especially in the critical years of infancy In addition to the slow decrease in poverty Incidence, there has been mixed progress and early childhood and in the reproductive period. Divorce or widowhood causes many in addressing human development concerns, particularly outcomes in education and health. women to become landless and lose their assets. Women continue to cluster in sectors The government has committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs and occupations characterized as "female"-many of them lower paying: Women are also through pro-poor sustained economic growth as reflected in the Medium-Term Philippine more likely to be the victims of violence at home and suffer more severe injuries. And Development Plan (MTPDP) 2004-2010. However, efforts to meet the MDGs and reduce almost everywhere women's representation in politics and in senior managerial positions in poverty and inequality are constrained by weak implementation of reforms, financing gaps business remains far lower than men's. iness and leakages, coordination failure, and governance concerns. Do these patterns of gender inequality-in human and physical capital endowments, The current global financial crisis has started to affect the domestic economy as In economic opportunities, and in the ability to make choices to achieve desired outcomes growth slowed to 4.6% in 2008 from a high of 7.2% in 2007. Exports have continued to (agency)-matter, particularly those that persist even as the development process unfolds? decline while the growth rate of remittances, the economy's lifeline, will likely slow down This World Development Report (WDR) argues that they do for two reasons. First, gender in 2009. Escorts to protect the poor from the crisis and further reduce poverty must remain equality matters intrinsically, because the ability to live the life of one's own choosing an important priority, as the number of vulnerable sectors of the economy will increase if and be spared from absolute deprivation is a basic human right and should be equal for the crisis deepens. The government has laid out the Philippine Economy Resiliency Plan, a everyone, independent of whether one is male or female. Second, gender equality matters P330 billion stimulus package consisting of increased allocations for national agencies and instrumentally, because greater gender equality contributes to economic efficiency and the government, corporate, and financial institutions for infrastructure spending, corporate and achievement of other key development outcomes (World Bank, 2012, p. 2-3)..) individual tax breaks, and social protection and safety nets intended to protect the poor Reference rom the impact of the crisis (Aslan Development Bank, 2009, p. 7). World Bank (2012). Gender equality and development: World development report. Reference Washington, DC: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. Asian Development Bank (2012). Poverty in the Philippines: Causes, constraints and opportunities. Philippines. 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