Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Big boost for Bangladesh's economy



Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, has seen a steady rise in the importance of one of its formerly most important export, earning the country much needed cash! Jute - a natural fibre that can be used to make sacks and other useful items - was superseded all over the world as plastic bags became the norm for packaging and carrying items, but now there has been a noticeable shift back to the organic and natural material, that bio-degrades rather than pollutes. Read about it here.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Fair Trade


Who are Fair Trade?

Choose an exaple of a producer from this page.

Monday, 7 March 2011

Small scale development projects




Using the handout and the web link create a case study sheet on how the Grameen Bank works and how it allows people to improve the quality of their own lives. Describe the project and explain how people benefit from it.


Explain the term 'micro-credit'

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Development indicators


A video showing the development of 200 countries using the software Gapminder

Another showing how statistics can be used to disprove myths about the 'third world' and one showing population growth using IKEA boxes!

Use Gapminder to illustrate some of the development indicators you researched in your Prep. Use the countries you selected to illustrate the changes. Copy the graphs into a MS Word document and describe what they show.