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Programmes 6-10 of a series examining world system rooted in the unequal distribution of wealth and power and shows how the issues affect people in the UK. 1: Briaking out of the cycle of food shortages and...
Examines the role of the media in developing countries taking as its example Guinea Bissau which was until recently a Portuguese colony. Explains the country’s political and economic background and how...
The growth of bureaucracy in large organisations dominates modern economies throughout the world. The only way to get jobs is through educational credentials so gaining credentials comes to be the primary...
Examines the lives of the inhabitants of Coelhos, a slum built over swampland in the city of Recife, Brazil, and describes an urban development project intended to relieve their plight. Illustrates the...
Shows the work of the Amsha Appropriate Technology Project in Tanzania in promoting rural self-reliance and enabling villagers to improve their environment. Projects shown include making new houses for...
Looks at the contrasts in Kenya between the tourist image and the impoverished lives of the country’s inhabitants. A wealthy minority own much of the countryside and grow cash crops to sell to the...
Reports on the Brong-Ahafo Rural Integrated Development Programme (BARIDEP) in central Ghana showing how people, drawing on their own resources and traditions, work together with both governmental and...
Concerns a worker-controlled banana co-operative in Honduras and the opposition it encountered from a multi-national corporation which had a monopoly of the country’s banana industry. The corporation was...
The small island of Yap was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, known as Micronesia, a possession given to the United States as a ‘strategic trust’ after World War II. Traditional culture...
Looks at world population figures and states that each country must be looked at individually to see what the problems are. Problems facing those teaching birth control in developing countries are discussed.
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