hi Dennis 
 
can you sned me the info for Alex's list and the one from the London College or any other you think of that sort?
 
I want to advertise the Health Policy course I do in Barcelona
 
Thanks in advance
 
Carles

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	Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) 2005
	
	The Inequality Predicament
	
	 PEOPLE POORER TODAY THAN 10 YEARS AGO A THREAT TO STABILITY 51; UN REPORT
	
	 The Report sounds alarm over persistent and deepening inequality
	worldwide,
	
	 Website:  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/rwss.htm
	
	
	 UN Press Release New York, Aug 25 2005
	
	Division for Social Policy - Development of the Department of Economic and
	Social Affairs.
	
	 Increasing poverty and a growing schism between the haves and the have
	nots; continue to pose a major threat to developing democracies around the
	world, and the resulting economic and social inequality will continue to
	breed violence and terror if the trend is not reversed, a United Nations
	report said today.
	
	 The report entitled The Inequality Predicament, the UN Department of
	Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) warned of growing violence associated
	with national and international acts of terrorism,which are the result of
	stark economic and social inequalities, and competition over scarce
	resources.
	
	 Solutions to inequality outlined in the report include addressing economic
	asymmetries not just within countries but also between them: 80 per cent of
	the world57;s domestic product belongs to 1 billion people living in the
	developed world, while the remaining 20 percent is shared by 5 billion
	people living in developing countries.
	
	 This is an especially important because it concentrates on inequality of
	income as well as inequality in access to basic social services, as well as
	decision-making,61; Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Economic
	and Social Affairs, Jose Antonio Ocampo said today as he introduced the
	report.
	
	 Noting that the report comes 10 years after the 1995 Copenhagen World
	Summit for Social Development -- where world governments pledged to
	confront profound social challenges and to place people at the centre of
	development ; he said some decade-old social gaps had actually widened,
	particularly gender disparities.
	
	 Although more women and girls were being educated, formal employment
	figures for women had stagnated or even decreased in some parts of the
	world. Even more troubling was the sharp increase of women being employed
	by the informal sector, he added.
	
	 The modest gains made in gender equality, education and other areas proved
	that social mobilization, particularly civil society engagement, can help
	raise awareness to social problems and spur action at national and regional
	levels, he said, noting that the report also stresses the critical
	importance of boosting access to basic services as one of the most
	important instruments States had to impact inequities.
	
	 The report notes that in a world of increasing development when societies
	should be reaping the economic benefits of progress, instead many are
	experiencing alarming increases in the discrepancies between rich and poor.
	
	 The United States, Canada and Britain have not escaped this disturbing
	trend, it said, seeking to nudge both developed and developing countries to
	take more vigorous steps in the direction of assuring equality while
	responding to the economic urgency for growth.
	
	 In a summary of the report, Mr. Ocampo said that failure to address this
	inequality predicament will insure that social injustice and better living
	conditions for all people remain elusive,and that this trend will continue
	to lead to social instability in the world.
	
	 Socioeconomic strategies should focus on access to resources, social
	services and the markets that must be incorporated alongside economic
	development programmes. Economic stimulation without the associated social
	programmes, is inadequate to eradicate the cycle of poverty: 60;Focusing
	exclusively on economic growth and income generation as a development
	strategy is ineffective, as it leads to the accumulation of wealth by a
	few, and deepens the poverty of many,and does not acknowledge the
	intergenerational transmission of poverty,says the report.
	
	 In the final word of his report, Jose Antonio Ocampo says, The failure to
	pursue a comprehensive integrated approach to development will perpetuate
	the inequality predicament, for which everyone pays the price.
	
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	in health; Socioeconomic
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