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What is the name for NK's political system?
Communist
How many people in China have escaped $-a-day poverty since the 1990s?
500 million
How many people lost limbs or fingers annually due to working conditions in China's metal factories in the early 2000s?
~2500
% poverty in China in 1996 compared to 2005
60% 16%
How much of China's GDP was generated from SEZs in 1990?
50%
mass rural-urban migration in China during its industrialisation included how many people?
300 million • largest mass migration ever recorded
How many people died (2012) due to pollution-related causes worldwide?
3 million
What is the harmful particulate that arises in highly industrialised regions like China?
PM2.5
PM2.5 reduces life expectancy by how many years?
5 years
When did large-scale global shift take place?
2000s
How many people speak 'Globish'?
4 billion
People living on < dollar-a-day in 1990 and 2015
1990 - 1.96bn •••••••••• 2015 - 836m
Co2 emission by cities account for how much of total CO2 emissions?
75%
Detroit was once the ____ largest city in the US
4th
2014 - murder rate in Detroit was the highest. How much was it?
45/100000
How many of the top mega cities are in Asia?
9 / 25
How many economic migrants arrived in the UK from EU countries in 2004
600,000
After the 1950s how much of the population was lost in Detroit? Where did they move?
61% —> Michigan
How many people are expected to be part of the consuming class by 2025?
4.2 bn
In the last 50 years meat production has...
Quadrupled
Meat and dairy industry use up how much of the earth's fresh water?
1/3
1 hamburger uses how many litres of water
3000l
When did the Rana Plaza collapse?
2013
How many people died in the Rana Plaza collapse?
1,134
What year did Detroit officially declare bankruptcy
2013
Panama is the ....... largest free zone in the world
2nd
What is the % that AID should not surpass in a country's GDP (since it will then be rendered useless and will no longer be beneficial to the economy of the country )
16%
Export expansion in Ghana backed by global organisations increased debt by how much 1980 - 2014
$1.4 bn - 1980 •••••••• $14.7bn - 2014
elderly people contributed ...... to the economy in 2013 thru volunteering
£6bn
China's elderly population is expected to ......... in 20 years (2017 - 2037)
Double from 10% to 20%
NHS budget deficit in 2015/16
£1.86bn
China was the largest mechanise trader in
2014
Large scale migration of Koreans to the US ( 1960 —> 1970 )
~11,000 —> ~40,000
What were the average speed of steam trains in the early 20th century?
65 mph
Name a modern cargo aircraft and state what speed it can travel up to
Boeing 747 - travels up to 550 mph
Growers in USA heavily subsidised by how much?
$3 billion annually
Due to unfair policies implemented by the WTO Kenya's annual ave growth of agricultural sector decreased from...
3.3% (1980s) ——> 1.4% (1990s)
Within one decade its annual average growth decreased by more than a half
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