IB Geography Patterns and Change

Tonnes of articles on free trade - the facts, trade blocs...

Destination UK - tonnes of articles about refugees, asylum seekers and immigration in general in the UK

different resources and activities on poverty and citizenship

Despite receiving more than $1 trillion from the west over the last half century, Africa remains in dire economic straits. Dambisa Moyo thinks aid is to blame and should stop now. She talks to Aida Edemariam

Nasa is all set to launch its first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) from space.

With stories of old TVs ending up in Nigerian landfill sites, the collapse in demand for recycled materials, and claims that incineration is a better way to dispose of waste, there's a growing backlash against recycling. So should we still be washing up those baked beans cans? Leo Hickman finds out

The world's second biggest pharmaceutical company is to radically shift its attitude to providing cheap drugs to millions of people in the developing world.

Britain will overtake Germany as the country with the highest population in Europe, the United Nations predicted yesterday.

Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?

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For the first time ever, the number of Britons over 65 exceeds those under 16. As the country grows older, the demand is growing for people to be able to work beyond pensionable age. And with advanced years comes growing political power - so the debate about retirement age is set to intensify

Two years after having one of the lowest birth rates in the world, Georgia is enjoying something of a baby boom, following an intervention from the country's most senior cleric.