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Why Poverty?
2012 1 season en
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
Episodes
1 season available
E1Four Born Every Second
Nov 19, 2012 58mRevealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.
E2Give Us the Money
Nov 25, 2012 58mA look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
E3Stealing Africa
Nov 26, 2012 58mAn investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
E4Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream
Nov 27, 2012 58mHow the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
E5Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty
Nov 28, 2012 58mPoor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
E6Solar Mamas
Dec 2, 2012 58mA Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.
E7The Great Land Rush
Dec 4, 2012 58mHow rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
E8China's Ant People
Dec 5, 2012 58mGetting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.
