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E x e r c i s e O n e
. Read the article below and define whether the statements are true or false.
1. Special financial organizations paved the way to globalization.
2. The same share of the world’s wealth is going to every citizen.
3. The number of the least developed countries has not changed over a few decades.
4. Globalization has resulted in great differences between countries.
5. The rich population has seen incomes rise three-fold.
While there have been winners, however, there have also been some very obvious losers.
At a time when some countries are forging ahead economically, others, especially the developing nations of sub-Saharan Africa,
are falling further and further behind, their economies either stagnating or contracting, their citizens sinking ever deeper into the mire
of poverty.
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the already meagre share of the world's wealth going to its
poorest citizens has over the last 40 years fallen still further, from 2.3 percent in 1960 to 1.4 percent today (for the same period the
share going to its richest citizens has risen from 70.2 percent to 89 percent).
There are currently 49 counties classified by the U.N. as "least developed" – double the number of 30 years ago. Such is the
extent of the economic divide that the total GDP of those 49 poorest nations is now less than the combined wealth of the world's four
richest citizens – Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and the Albrecht brothers, Karl and Theo.
"Unfortunately globalization has led to widening disparities of income among countries," says Terry McKinley of the UNDP.
"Some developing countries have been able to take advantage of it, a majority haven't."
David Robinson of the International Monetary Fund agrees. "There has been tremendous divergence in the way in which global
economic growth has been shared among nations. If you look at the numbers, during the 20
th
сentury the richest quarter of the world's
population has seen incomes rise six-fold, whereas the poorest quarter has only seen incomes rise three-fold. That has left a large gap
between those at the top and those at the bottom."
T a s k T w o. Read and discuss some information presented by the British Nutrition Foundation 2008.
F o o d M a t t e r s
: Towards a Strategy for the 21
st
Сentury. The Strategy Unit July 2008.
Summary
This report sets out a new framework proposed by the Government for food policy to ensure that it is equipped to play a part in
the continuing transformation of the UK’s food system.
The report concludes that although the framework attempts to ensure the Government is equipped to play its part in the changing
food system, it is the decisions of consumers and industry, and the values and preferences of society at large that will determine how
fast and how far the process moves. The proposed food policy framework will try to ensure a collective effort is made to build a
thriving food system that produces safe, low–impact food and healthy diets.
The aims of the report are:
1. to review the main trends in food production and consumption in the UK;
2. to analyze the implications of those trends for the economy, society and the environment;
3. to assess the robustness of the current policy framework for food; and
4. to determine what the objectives of future food strategy should be and the measures needed to achieve them.
The report highlights future challenges facing the food system which include:
Economics and equity:
– increases in global commodity prices;
– changes in the world animal feed markets and rules importing genetically modified crops; and
– elimination of household food waste.
Health:
– it is estimated 70,000 premature deaths in the UK each year could be preventable if diets matched nutritional guidelines;
– most consumers are still not eating ‘5 A Day’ and consume more saturated fat, salt and added sugar than is good for their
health;
– the dietary health of those less able to care for themselves is a real concern;
– nearly a quarter of adults and 10 % of children are classed as obese.
Safety
– continuing vigilance is needed to minimize contamination as the safety of food underpins consumer confidence and cannot
be taken for granted.
Environment:
– the food chain has huge environmental impacts (around 18 % of UK greenhouse gas emissions are related to food production
and consumption);
– England needs a packaging waste management system; and
– the food chain needs to reduce its dependence on energy, water and other resources, to reduce its exposure to future increases
in resource prices.
E x e r c i s e O n e
. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the government’s food policy?
2. What kinds of goals does the organization suggest?
3. What future challenges does the report highlight?

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