#globalisation simplified

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As of 2021, 785 million people do not have access to basic drinking water services i.e. 1 in 10 people, including the 144 million who drink untreated surface water. What does the future of clean water look like? By 2025, around 1.8 billion people would be living in areas plagued by water scarcity, and not only but two-third of the world's population would be living in water-stressed regions. A UN study projects that over 30 nations would be termed water-scarce in 2025, an increase of 10 nations up from 20 in 1990. By 2030, the global middle-class population would surge from 1.8 to 4.9 billion, which would result in a sudden increase in freshwater consumption. By 2050, 1 in 5 developing countries will face a water shortage. *source: seamatrics* Read more about global safe drinking water access to people: https://lnkd.in/gPwFs4Z

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The share of the population with access to improved drinking sources across the world rose from 76% in 1990 to 91% in 2015. Over the past 25 years, the number of people with access to improved drinking water sources increased by 107 million every year on average. On an everyday basis, 290,000 people gained access to drinking water. Read in detail here: https://lnkd.in/gPwFs4Z

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Gini coefficient often referred to as the Gini index or Gini ratio is a measure of the distribution of wealth across a population. It represents the wealth or income inequality within a country or over a certain population.

It was developed by Italian statistician Corrado Gini in 1912. The coefficient is measured in the value between 0 to 1 or 0% to 100%, a coefficient of zero implies that there is equal distribution of wealth and income within a country or population whereas a coefficient of one indicates that there is an unequal distribution of wealth or income.

However, a Gini coefficient is not an absolute measure of wealth or income. It only measures the dispersion of income or wealth.

Read more: https://worldref.co/w-insights/has-global-income-inequality-increased-in-the-last-100-years/

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Air Pollution: an overlooked but critical factor in solar power plants mini-grid development – WorldRef

As the world is ramping up Its solar power plant installation base, air pollution is often overlooked during the design phase. Ms. Noor writ

As the world is ramping up Its solar power plant installation base, air pollution is often overlooked during the design phase. Ms. Noor writes about how air pollution affects solar power plant efficiency and ways to tackle this issue.

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Demonstration of Bangladesh Economic Emergence in South Asia by Bailing out Sri Lanka – WorldRef

Amid the days of pandemic induced global economic suffering, Bangladesh economic emergence has now increased from $2,064 to $2,227

Bangladesh's economic emergence caught the world’s attention when it has joined South Korea and China by approving a currency swap worth $250 million to bail out Sri Lanka.

Amid the days of pandemic-induced global economic suffering, the news broke that the per capita income of Bangladesh has now increased from $2,064 to $2,227 (for the fiscal year 2020-21). What caused the world, especially India, to stand up and take notice was that Bangladesh had outpaced India’s per capita income by $280. This came as a shock to many who had the image of Dhaka as overpopulated, malnourished with a fragile and extremely poor economy.