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Language English
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Level University
Created / Updated 21.07.2020 / 22.07.2020
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5. What does Rosling’s family history show?

History of Sweden compared to the health of all the countries today. Sweden represents everything.

6. What are the issues that the global leaders discuss?

Emission of CO2 as countries develop;

historical debt of the West,

who is responsible for the pollution

7. What does Dollar Street visualise?

How people live compared to their income

8. What is the best converter of sunlight to food?

Cassava

9. How do you get information in Africa?

You have to live with the people

10. What does Rosling say about African development over the last 50 years?

They did the best, developing from pre-medieval to Europe 100 years ago

11. What’s the difference between means and goals of development?

Means: how to develop; goal: what you aim for

12. What is the most important means?

Economic growth

13. What is the most important goal?

Culture and human rights

1. What has Rosling developed from (presentation technique)?

From digital to analog (IKEA boxes)

2. What was the world like in 1960?

Big gap between 1 billion rich in the west and 2 billion poor in the rest

3. What does Rosling think about the mindset of ‘the West and the rest’?

Mindset belongs to 1960! Not valid anymore

4. What is the size of the world population today?

7.8 billion

5. How many people live in the emerging economies?

4 billion (3 billion plus one billion which is already rich)

6. What is their family size? And what do they aspire to?

Two children per woman; bike, motorbike, car

7. What will happen in the future?

The best of the emerging economies will catch up with the west, all move to the right

8. What’s the difference in population growth between the poorest 2 billion and the others?

The poorest will double in size, the others will stay the same

9. How can population growth be stopped?

By helping them develop their economy

by increasing child survival

10. What leads to higher child survival?

Economic development (improved education and health)

11. What is Rosling’s hope for the future?

That population growth will be stopped at 10 billion

12. Rosling is neither an optimist nor a pessimist. What is he? And based on what is this?

possibilist, realistic data and UN projections

13. What is the role of the ‘old west’ in the new world?

Foundation for the new world