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Uoc: Communication Technologies in Latin America and Africa
A collection of papers, published as chapters of a book, that examine economic and social issues around accessibility to mobile communications and connectivity in Latin American and African countries. One paper focuses on the country of...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Globalization and the Economic Crisis
One-day lesson provides students an opportunity to explore a series of political cartoons and consider the relationship between globalization and the economic crisis. Note: Video content may not load in archived version.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Diversity of Countries and Economies Across the World
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze GDP per capita as a measure of the diversity of international standards of living; Identify what classifies a country as low-income, middle-income, or high-income;...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The High Cost of Progress
Meet an activist who works to help the struggling farmers of rural India, in this video from Wide Angle. [2:30]