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$100 Trillion

World Economy Total $/ Global GDP 2022

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$25.3 Trillion

US GDP (2022) (around ¼ of world’s)

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$19.9 Trillion

China GDP (2022) (around 1/5 of world’s)

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350 Million

US population

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1.4 billion

China/ India Population (individually)

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190 million

Nigeria population

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$65,000

US GNI per capita

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$43,000

UK GNI per capita

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$12,000

China GNI per capita

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34%

Haiti’s GDP from international transfers

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22%

Haiti’s population that live abroad, particularly the US and Dominican Republic

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11%

Mexico’s population that live abroad

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12 million people that live in the US

95% of Mexico’s remittances are from the ____

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4% of GDP

Percentage of Mexico’s GDP that is remittances

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100,000 people yearly

How many die from Afghan Opium?

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965 million people

How many tourists went abroad in 2022?

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23% in 2022

How much % of global trade was services?

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10.3% in 2019

How much did tourism contribute to global GDP?

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Multi-lateral aid

Many countries/organisations offering aid

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Bilateral aid

Aid from one country to another

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Emergency Aid

Aid after disasters

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Long term aid

Aid to help a country develop

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Sub-Saharan Africa, $25.4 billion

Biggest receiver of aid in 2020

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$77.1 billion

How much did the World Bank donate in 2020?

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$194.1 billion (0.1% of world economy)

How much global aid in 2020?

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20 million victims

There are are approximately how many victims of human trafficking world wide?

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Human trafficking

Movement or recruitment by deception or coercion for the purpose of exploitation

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2.19 million barrels per day

How much oil did BP produce in 2018?

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80 countries

How many countries does BP operate in?

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36% of shoes are produced in China and another 36% are from Vietnam

Where are Nike’s shoes produced?

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$28 billion

BP profit in 2022

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$21 billion

Nike profit in 2022

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NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

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US, Canada, Mexico

Who was in NAFTA?

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USMCA

Trump’s Rebrand of NAFTA~ US, Mexico, Canada Agreement

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Free movement of goods, capital and persons; freedom to establish and provide services

Four freedoms of EU

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2004

When did Poland join the EU

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75% of components

How much of an automobile needs to be manufactured in Mexico, US or Canada to qualify for zero tariffs in USMCA?

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9.5 million people/ 14.5%

UK’s foreign-born population in 2021

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Around 40%

How many UK chefs are from overseas?

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40%

Staff on egg farms that were EU migrants

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High value goods, people, perishable or urgent goods

What doesn’t get shipped

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3.8 billion people

How many people had smart phones in 2021

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$75 trillion

Value of natural resources in Russia

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$79.6 billion

Australia was the biggest exporter of iron ore in 2020. How much money was this worth?

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31.8%

How much of Australia’s exports are iron ore?

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7.1%

How much of Australia’s exports are gold?

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$250 billion

Australia’s exports are worth

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17%

How much of the world’s petroleum does Saudi Arabia produce?

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Around 70%

How much of Saudi Arabia’s exports are oil or oil-related?

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Over 90%

How much of Singapore’s food is imported?

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18.4% ($1.2 billion)

How much of Kenya’s exports is tea?

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9.13% ($6 billion)

How much of Kenya’s exports are flowers?

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81.7%

How much of Tuvalu’s exports is non-fillet frozen fish?

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1/12

How much of Tuvalu’s GNI used to come from the .tv domain?

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4 deaths for 100,000 live births

Iceland’s maternal mortality rate

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7 deaths for 100,000 live births

UK’s maternal mortality rate

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133 deaths for 100,000 live births

India’s maternal mortality rate

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0.043

Gender inequality in Iceland

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0.1

Gender inequality in UK

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0.49

Gender inequality in India

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At least 40% of employees should be female and another 40% or more should be male

Law in Icelandic companies of over 25+ people

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3% (800,000)

How much of the Australian population is indigenous?

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71.6-75.6 years

Life expectancy for indigenous Australians

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80.2-83.4 years

Life expectancy for non-indigenous Australians

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28%

How much of Australia’s prison population is indigenous people?

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Est. 300,000- 600,000 people

How many travellers are in the UK?

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14%

UK travellers considered in bad health

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Muhammad Yunus

Who started Grameen Bank

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Bangladesh, 1983

Where and when was Grameen Bank set up?

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Microcredit

Grameen Bank is one of the first examples of what

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Coffee

4th most valuable agricultural commodity

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Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2013

When and where did the Rana Plaza factory collapse

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1,000+ workers

How many died in the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

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Prímark, Accessorize, Walmart, Prada etc

Which companies was the factory in Rana Plaza making goods for?

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$12 million; $9 million of this to families

How much did Primark pay in compensation after the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

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Minimum working age is set by country’s government, not Primark

Does Primark’s code of conduct prevent child labour?

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At least 125% of normal rate

How much does Primark RECOMMEND its employees earn from overtime?

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Some

How much disposable income does Primark allow its factory employees to have?

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International Labour Organisation

UN’s Labour regulation branch, ILO

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Around 40,000

How many outlets does McDonald’s have worldwide

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Burger King has the “Master Montagnard”- a burger with raclette cheese sold in France but not elsewhere. It was pretty bad. How do you make raclette taste that bad???

Example of glocalisation

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32 million

Global size of Indian diaspora

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1.9 million

Size of Indian diaspora in UK

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Approximately 140,000

How many Indians went to Trinidad in 1845-1917?

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30-40%

How much of Trinidad’s population is Indian?

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62%, compared to 42.7% white British

How many Indians in the UK got a grade 5+ in English and maths?

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£36.84 billion

What annual turnover do Indian-owned businesses in the UK earn?

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64.5%

How much of organic produce is found in supermarkets in the UK?

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1%

How much of the food market is the farmer’s market? (In UK?)

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2018

When did Fridays For Future start?

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4 million protesters

How many protesters were there for the 2019 Global Week For Future?

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£12 million

How much money did Wannacry cause the NHS to lose?

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2017

When did the Wannacry attack happen?

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2010

When did the Deepwater Horizon incident happen?

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$65 billion

How much did BP have to pay in cleanup costs, charges and penalties after the Deepwater Horizon incident?

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$5 trillion (5% of world economy)

How much is agribusiness worth?

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26%

What percentage of greenhouse gas emissions does food production contribute to?

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Cargill

What is the largest agribusiness?

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$177 billion

What was Cargill’s revenue in 2023?