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Uncover the worldwide development blocks of poverty
Ending global poverty is feasible -- and you may support. With World Poverty For Dummies, you discover out concerning the development blocks of poverty, in addition to its various reasons and manifestations in several areas around the globe. most significantly, you find inspiring tales of switch and activities you could take -- from altering your shopper and funding offerings or lobbying your govt, to turning into an reduction worker.
Discover:
- The genuine scenario of the worldwide poor
- Life within the world's megacities
- Solutions that deal with poverty
- Ways to get your mates onboard
- How to turn into an reduction worker
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Urban farms and local food Relocalisation Technological solutions Chapter 15: Climate Chaos and World Poverty Climate Chaos: The Unpleasant Truth Global warming — what’s the gas? Climate change and consumption Going, going, gone: The vanishing planet Dominion Over Nature Disappearing forests Advancing deserts The salt of the earth New world dodos Dying rivers Overfished, acidic oceans People: A Plague Like Never Before Exploding population Oil depletion and a post-carbon world Polluting and poisoning Medicine for Mother Nature The limits to growth Renewable energy Building for the long term Solving the problem technically Sustainable development It’s good fun being green Learning to Live With the Thermostat Up Part V: Economics and the Levers of Change Chapter 16: Scrambling for Global Resources Securing Land and Water for Food Living off the land Fighting over water Maintaining fish stocks Underground Wealth Discovering who’s got what Keeping development aboveboard Drilling for the black stuff Taking the underground aboveboard From Thing to Bling: Manufacturing Accounting for the factory factor Meeting the new manufacturers Watching jobs disappear Falling for free trade zones Roads to Success: Infrastructure Benefiting the whole population Following the great road of China Spanning the digital divide Valuing Brains Versus Brawn Read this .
Why countries want migrants The effects of migration Forced Migration Homeless in your own country What is a refugee? What’s an asylum seeker? Checking out permanent refugee camps The Terrible Traffic in Humans Child trafficking Trafficking for cannon fodder Chapter 14: Creating a Planet of Slums On the Move Ever-growing cities Megacities On the Margins: Squatters and Slums Land and legality Settling in: How slums turn into suburbs Life in the City: Urban Ecology ‘I still call a cardboard box home’ Sanitation and water Crime and violence Environmental degradation Mental health and stress The Future of Cities: Hubs or Hellholes?
Investment: The golden goose Trade: Looking for the win–win Licensing: Paying for brainpower Debt: Holding nations to ransom Aid: More please Tourism: Spreading affluenza Remittances: Sending cash home Illicit flows: The black market and beyond Recognising Globalisation Shrinking the world New name, old game? Checking the Fine Print Realising the benefits Counting the costs Steering the Global Juggernaut Controlling the cash Tracking the corporation Getting a conscience Chapter 18: Delivering Aid That Works Who’s Who in the Aid Zoo Bilateral aid Multilateral aid Individual aid Figuring Out If Aid Works Making a difference Stretching your dollars Working to the Millennium Development Goals Seeing into the future Putting Aid In Perspective Promises, pledges and procrastination Motivating governments to give Where the aid goes Chapter 19: The Lie of the Level Playing Field: World Trade Binding Trade: A Century of Regulation Twentiethcentury chaos Pushing loan addiction Loading the Dice: Trade Imbalance ‘Here, sign this’ — trade agreements License this!
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