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Where does your T-Shirt Come From: article and Prezi presentation Minimum Wage: minimum wage, equality, equity, the cost of living Choosing Between Cotton Tees and Tencel: which has the lighter environmental impact? Measuring Development: what does it mean to be developed or developing? Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Indian Women Access to Healthcare -Development/Gender Inequality The Economist- Gender Equality Ebola Outbreak Berlin Wall- Country Still Divided 8 Interesting Maps of Africa 15 Most Developed Countries- Where does the U.S. fall? The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans- basically why you and I will be poor forever and ever The Future of Giving to Africa Global Targets, Local Ingenuity UN MDG Progress: a graph Income Inequality Globally...Falling? Global Inequality and the "missing rich" The Great Divide-cost of income inequality Wealth Distribution in the US- upworthy Why is the poverty line $11000 Living in poverty in the US Invisible Children-conflict hindering development Africa and land use Wish you were mine- article on foreign investors in Africa Try out the global wage calculator to compare wages around the world The Invisible Economy-Our techniques for measuring economic performance are obsolete, obscuring a complete picture of how we're faring. StatsAmerica: interactive mapping tool Cluster mapping US:explore national and regional data related to economics Where are the hardest places to live in the US? interactive NYT mapping tool |
Intro: Journey of a T-Shirt
1. NPR makes a T Shirt Map Analysis 1. National Development: development by region: article and map Just the map 2. GDP by state (United States) 3. GDP of US States compared to Global Countries 4. Guns, Germs and Steel Used in ClassAlone Banda: child labor, development and Africa
NPR: Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt: 5 chapters that explain the production of your t-shirt involving MDCs and LDCs Globalization of Commodity Chains Where did my t-shirt come from? Sure, “everything is made in China” blah blah blah, but the story of the global economy is MUCH more complex and filled with people occupying different social contexts-this will take your through this hot mess of development The Tee Shirt turns 100: The top iconic tee shirts a slideshow Why is the African Continent So Poor a colonial history Geography of Toilets- Can you determine if they are developed or developing based on the pics? Developing Countries- why China is still a Developing country Developed Countries and Healthcare Sanitation & Toilets human development Have the UN Millennium Goals Been Effective Articles: Chinese Colonialism- Is China becoming Africa's new colonial master? Is Beijing sucking away resources to drive its own economic growth, while offering little in return? New Neo-colonialism in Africa: Truman member and sustainable development professional Adam Tiffen argues against China’s aid model of money without preconditions for social reform. China’s Challenge in Africa: Avoid Blame of Neo-Colonialism- China modifies its south-south narrative for Africa and recognizes the continent as competitor Export zones to boost Africa's manufacturing industry- Export processing zones (EPZs) have mushroomed across Africa. Their logic is to attract export-oriented manufacturing investment to boost economies. EPZs, although they create controversy in certain circles, have been highly successful in Asia, central and Latin American countries. Is the attempt by Africa to follow suit bearing fruit? Africa's EPZ, it's time to lift the game- Rather than moving to an exponential growth path, African Export Processing Zones have been characterized by a slowdown in growth across investment, exports and employment. A look at the case of West Africa – and why it’s time for governments to lift the game. |