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Poverty

Poverty

One of the issues that we have come across during our study of promoting equity as a macroeconomic goal is that of poverty. …

Make Poverty History band

The Debt Crisis

One of the major issues facing the developing world is the debt crisis.  It was an issue that was brought to the …

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The Girl Effect 2

We have already seen the short animation produced by The Girl Effect, and below is a newer short animation that has been …

The Girl Effect

The Girl Effect

When we are looking at economic development, one of barriers we look at is gender inequality, and how improvements for females in …

Trouble at the Grameen bank

The Grameen Bank was established by Mohammad Yunus, and pioneered the idea of microfinance.  The Bangladeshi government and Prof. Yunus are currently …

Air pollution in Malawi

At the moment in Malawi they are arguing about whether or ‘passing wind’ should be banned.  Some of those in the government …

Economic terms

In Economics there are many terms which you need to learn, understand and be able to define.  In our classroom there are …

Rainforests and tradable permits

One solution that is proposed for solving market failure, and in particular a negative externality of production, is that of a system …

The luckiest nut in the world

This video is a good explanation of the potential impacts of trade upon the developing world and the policies of organisations such …