IB Geography Patterns and Change

Working out how to help the world's poorest depends on where they live

A sushi sustainability guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Mush of it is geared to US consumers.  Also has a general fish guide for ordering.  I use this with an activity that has students look at local sushi restaurants.

"Factsheet Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative September 22, 2009 The Joint IMF-World Bank's comprehensive approach to debt reduction is designed to ensure that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. To date, debt reduction packages under the HIPC Initiative have been approved for 35 countries, 29 of them in Africa, providing US$51 billion in debt-service relief over time. Five additional countries are potentially eligible for HIPC Initiative assistance. Debt relief key to poverty reduction The HIPC Initiative was launched in 1996 by the IMF and World Bank, with the aim of ensuring that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. Since then, the international financial community, including multilateral organizations and governments have worked together to reduce to sustainable levels the external debt burdens of the most heavily indebted poor countries. In 1999, a comprehensive review of the Initiative allowed the Fund to provide faster, deeper, and broader debt relief and strengthened the links between debt relief, poverty reduction, and social policies. In 2005, to help accelerate progress toward the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , the HIPC Initiative was supplemented by the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) . The MDRI allows for 100 percent relief on eligible debts by three multilateral institutions-the IMF, the World Bank, and the African Development Fund (AfDF)-for countries completing the HIPC Initiative process. In 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) also decided to provide additional ("beyond HIPC") debt relief to the five HIPCs in the Western Hemisphere. Two step process Countries must meet certain criteria, commit to poverty reduction through policy changes and demonstrate a good track-record over time. The Fund and Bank provide interim debt relief in the initial st

From Natasha

British migratio n into Dordogne.

Video from NASA

IRIN gender issues - many articles with contemporary case studies, e.g. Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Fantastic resource with lots of choice. My students will love these studies on gender. Lynne Acworth

A bit like gapminder.

Family planning leading to a population decrease in Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh are contributing to the population decrease by choosing to have fewer children

India's Unwanted Girls

On Dec 7th 2009 at 1.30pm GMT people in 156 countries all sang 'All You Need Is Love' to raise awareness of AIDS Africa. Starbucks will donate every time this is watched (up to a million times).

poss starter for mortality.

Anger grows across the world at the real price of 'frontier oil'

China rethinks its One Child Policy

Dead centenarians in Japan

Guardian Newspaper special website about Development and links in with MDG's

Draining our water resources...intro video

Water scarcity facts