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“Country for research”

• Look back at all of your statistics & research on different countries around the world.

• Choose the one country you would like to focus on for your research paper & write why you are choosing that country.

1/6/14Econ. Agenda

1. What organizations are working to end global poverty? (class notes)

2. What are these organizations doing in my country? (online research)

HW: Finish “Global Poverty Organizations” rsrch.

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?

Rural:the countryside; farmland; open space

Agriculture:the science or practice of farming

Urban:the city; densely populated

vouchers:can be redeemed in shops for food or other items

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?

Infrastructure :basic physical & organizational structures needed for the operation of a society (buildings, roads, power supplies, sewage & water, etc.)

• How do “infrastructure projects”stimulate an economy?1. Help transport people, goods,money, etc.

2. Running water & sewage systems =better health

3. People need to build theinfrastructure = jobs!

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?• The World Bank

Headquarters: Washington, D.C.

President: Jim Yong Kim

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?• The World Bank

• International organization that provides loans to developing countries

• Official goal: reduce extreme poverty in the world & help lowest 40% in every country

• How it works:• Wealthy countries pledge money ($30 billion in 2012)• World Bank distributes to poor countries through loans &

projects

• Criticisms:• Poor countries have to pay back loans• Sometimes they become stifled by extreme debt

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What does the World Bank think it will take to solve global poverty?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq5wt9-9Ggk

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?

• The World Food Programme

1/6/14Class Notes – What organizations are working to end global poverty?

• The World Food Programme• Food Aid organization of the United Nations• Largest humanitarian organization working to end hunger

worldwide• Provides food to average 90 million people per year in 80

different countries• Focus: emergency & disaster-related hunger issues (war

zones, natural disasters, etc.)• Goal: eradicating hunger & poverty worldwide

• How it works:• Voluntary donations from world governments, corporations,

and private individuals

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What does the World Food Programme do?

http://www.wfp.org/videos/fighting-hunger-worldwide

To do:

• Research World Bank & World Food Programme operations in your country.

• Research complete by Tuesday.