SDG Detail

Understanding Poverty and Inequality

MOOC

Project description

This course will present an overview of the definitions, scale, and scope of different forms of poverty and inequality across the world. It will examine links between poverty, inequality, and well-being; opportunities for socioeconomic mobility; the particular challenges facing women, minorities, Indigenous people, and vulnerable populations; and how poverty and inequality link to issues like climate change, migration, and conflict. Finally, the course will conclude with a look at policy approaches and tools for addressing poverty and inequality in a variety of contexts.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

Explore the many facets and faces of poverty and inequality, and discover opportunities for individuals, countries, and a global community to help ensure that no one is left behind.

Project outcome

Learn about - Global poverty and exclusion as a multidimensional set of deprivations - Key elements of the history, achievements, and remaining challenges of poverty and inequality around the world - Causes of poverty and inequality - Tradeoffs and synergies across dimensions of sustainable development, including identity-based discrimination, climate vulnerability, and more