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Ou Lecture 2008: The Impact of China on Development (2008)

Subject

Development studies; Economics

Professor Raphael Kaplinsky explores the impact on international development of the rise of the Asian drivers in general - and China in particular - and what implications this has for development strategy...

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Date

28 Feb 2011, 17:47

Author

Sarah Allen

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Interested in joining the National VHS Register initiative?  Please read below for answers to the most commonly asked questions that we have received since the launch of the initiative in December 2009: Q....

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Chicken Madness (2007)

Director

Marcello Faraggi

Subject

Development studies; Economics; Geography

How Europe’s exports harm Africa - a film on globalisation, drawing on the example of exporting surplus European chicken to Cameroon. (29 minutes). in a second programme CHICKEN MADNESS - STUDIO DISCUSSION...

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Japan (1992 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £27.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An introduction to to the society, economy and politics of Japan. Discusses aspects of technology, population, consumerism,, exports and foreign policy.

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Golden Banquet, The: Politics of Food (2003)

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies; Economics

Distribution

Hire, VHS (NTSC, 2 x 28 mins), £7.00 + £20.00 deposit

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Leather: The Unquenchable Thirst (India) (1994 Video)

Director

Frank Vellenga

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

In the past 20 years or so, the leather industry has shifted its activities from the West to countries like India, where labour is cheap and environmental regulations far less stringent. Meanwhile leather...

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Guess What’s Coming to Dinner? (1990 Video)

Producer

Tessa Livingstone

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at attempts to create food products through biotechnology. Genetic engineers claim that food shortages in the developing countries could be overcome by transferring genes from plants which can survive...

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Sixth of the Earth, A (1926 Film)

Director

Dziga Vertov

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Commissioned by the Commissariat for Exports as a documentary aimed at the western countries to show the export potential of the Soviet Union. Vertov mounted ten expeditions to get the material for the film....

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Animal Debate, The (1995 Video)

Director

Chris Thomas

Producer

Chris Thomas

Subject

Philosophy; Sociology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 135 min.

Three student-led debates on foxhunting, intensive farming, and the use of animals in medical research.

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Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development Conference 2011 (2011)

Subject

Development studies; Economics; Geography

The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, a consortium of governments and research and advocacy organizations, focuses on achieving greater transparency in the global financial system...

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