International Development: microcredit and migration - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
What does it mean to be poor, or an immigrant? What form should Aid take? This album begins to explore the complex issues of international development in a globalised world, starting with a look at schemes which attempt to alleviate poverty. Small business owners are empowered by micro-financing in Glasgow, while in Argentina a disastrous economic collapse has led to people taking matters into their own hands by creating an alternative social exchange currency. Migrant communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leoneans in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while in the audio tracks we hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese "beer pioneer" and China trade experts discuss China’s membership of the World Trade Organisation. To complete the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice.
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CleanInternational development: microcredit and migration | Introducing the album's content | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- International development: microcredit and migration | Transcript -- Introducing the album's content | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoSmall change for a better world | Micro-credit unions, how they work and how they are empowering women in Glasgow to start their own small businesses. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Small change for a better world | Transcript -- Micro-credit unions, how they work and how they are empowering women in Glasgow to start their own small businesses. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoArgentina’s Poor: Surviving without money | The poor of Argentina are trading goods and services in replace of currency in a global exchange network. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Argentina’s Poor: Surviving without money | Transcript -- The poor of Argentina are trading goods and services in replace of currency in a global exchange network. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoEstablishing migrant communities in London | Why Greek and Ethiopian migrants came to London and what has made them stay. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Establishing migrant communities in London | Transcript -- Why Greek and Ethiopian migrants came to London and what has made them stay. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoLondon's Greek community | How Greeks in London are keeping their cultural identity and how this is changing. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- London's Greek community | Transcript -- How Greeks in London are keeping their cultural identity and how this is changing. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoKeeping in touch with home | How London's migrant communities maintain links with their country of origin. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Keeping in touch with home | Transcript -- How London's migrant communities maintain links with their country of origin. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | CleanVideoChallenges faced by Ethiopians in London | A look at the a challenges Ethiopians are facing in London and how they are coping with them. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Challenges faced by Ethiopians in London | Transcript -- A look at the a challenges Ethiopians are facing in London and how they are coping with them. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMoving to England | Two Sierra Leonean women on their experiences of arriving in England, and their experiences as immigrants in England. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Moving to England | Transcript -- Two Sierra Leonean women on their experiences of arriving in England, and their experiences as immigrants in England. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInternationally organised AFFORD | Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Director of AFFORD, explains the role of his organisation within the African Diaspora | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Internationally organised AFFORD | Transcript -- Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Director of AFFORD, explains the role of his organisation within the African Diaspora | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeveloping for the future | Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Director of AFFORD, describes his hopes for the future of the African Diaspora | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Developing for the future | Transcript -- Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Director of AFFORD, describes his hopes for the future of the African Diaspora | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoing business in China | How entry into the World Trade Organisation will help both businesses in China and those trying to export to China. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Doing business in China | Transcript -- How entry into the World Trade Organisation will help both businesses in China and those trying to export to China. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNegotiating China's accession | Why the negotiation for China's accession to the WTO has taken so long. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Negotiating China's accession | Transcript -- Why the negotiation for China's accession to the WTO has taken so long. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs China a developing country? | The importance of the categorisation of China as a developed, or a developing, country | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Is China a developing country? | Transcript -- The importance of the categorisation of China as a developed, or a developing, country | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStudying international development | Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Studying international development | Transcript -- Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album. | 7/20/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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