Poverty And Inequality

Two facts can both be true at once: the world has never been richer, and hundreds of millions of people still cannot meet their basic needs. Poverty is about not having enough; inequality is about the size of the gap between those who have most and those who have least. The two are linked but not the same, and keeping them apart is one of the first skills this topic teaches. In Global Perspectives you are not asked to memorise statistics for their own sake; you are asked to weigh how the issue looks to a person, to a country and to the whole world, to test the evidence on each side, and to reason toward fair, workable action.

This note shows you how. You will meet the core facts stated with their sources and years, the difference between absolute and relative poverty and between gaps within and between countries, the three perspectives set side by side, the big debates laid out as argument and counter-argument so you stay balanced, and report and team-project ideas you could really use. The worked examples model the skills the exam rewards: spotting a perspective, evaluating a claim, framing a sharp question and building a line of reasoning.