Health & Sustainable Development in the Framework of International Cooperation

The distribution of world's wealth, although excessively simplified, is a good yardstick of the strong imbalance existing between different areas of the world. Using this criterion, it is interesting to note that the richest 20% of world population holds more than 80% of global wealth, while the poorest 20% enjoys little more than 1% of the planet's GNP. This difference continues to grow. Economic growth of rich countries is increasing, in fact, at a noticeably faster rhythm than can be seen in poorer countries, where even negative growth may be registered. Although with different proportions, a similar phenomenon may be observed within each country.