This economic apartheid is part of a larger debate going on about the social responsibility and accountability of Big Business. Lured by earning higher income than at home, workers from developing nations are enduring extreme low pay and Spartan conditions to work as cruise ship workers, while ship owners say the jobs provide opportunities to the poor. The aid lottery is one of the most brutal inequalities in the world, said the report s author, Oxfam policy adviser Nicola Reindorp. The Pakistanian minister points out that the current aid programmes are largely insufficient to alleviate poverty. In Pakistan, decentralization of poverty-reduction projects are currently under way to include more voices of the disadvantaged.
Studies reveal an increase in poverty in New York, despite the booming economy.
Secretary Genertal Kofi Annan proposes that the UN take the lead in bringing advanced information technologies to poor nations, as a means of aiding them in the development process. An in depth article from the New York Times Magazine discussing the way in which despite unprecedented economic growth, there is an increasing population of impoverished Americans, that are being ignored. The table displays the income inequality of various countries ranked according to the extent of inequality and goes on to talk about inequality between tribes and contemplates discouraging too large income inequalities. According to the New Trade Performance Index published by the Geneva-based International Trade Centre, many African countries have become highly competitive in the global market. Addressing the National Summit on Africa in Washington DC, president Moi said that in order to join the global economy, Africa could no longer be marginalized in its share of global trade.