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Over decades, well-meaning governments, aid organisations and donors have wasted billions of dollars on thoughtless aid. 
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Africa’s size, poverty and rural character pose particular problems for providers
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Nearly 40 per cent of all growth in the Australian economy last financial year was generated in Sydney
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The OECD's Better Life Index looks at the countries with the best quality of life.
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Wind energy from plastic bowls? We’re totally bowled over by this idea. (via NowThis)
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Improving wellbeing at the grass roots level
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On World Toilet Day, see how societies from Ancient Rome to India have struggled to improve sanitation.
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Income, not location, determines how people live.
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Why Haiti did worse than Cuba in protecting its people
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Lawmakers removed a loophole in existing law that allows killers to walk free after being pardoned by family members.
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World Vision Australia marks 50 years of change, made possible by the generosity of everyday Australians.
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I’ve covered massacres in South Sudan, concentration camps in Myanmar and widespread stunting in India, but it’s also important to acknowledge the backdrop of global progress. Otherwise, the public may perceive poverty as hopeless and see no point in carrying on the fight — at just the point when we’re making the most rapid gains ever recorded.
Sally Egan's curator insight,
October 6, 2016 9:36 PM
This article provides a positive look at the advances made in global development measures.
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Unequal Scenes portrays scenes of inequality around the world from a drone.
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The distribution of global wealth has stayed just as skewed as last year, according to a huge study by Credit Suisse.
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The daily food and incomes of billions of people, particularly the rural poor, are determined by their access to land, fisheries and forests. Societie
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Income inequality is on the rise. Explore the geographic fault lines separating America's richest and poorest urban communities.
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Going to the toilet is more serious than it seems.
Find out more about Word Toilet Day >>> http://bit.ly/1S1XG4D
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One country is achieving the right balance between well-being and environmental sustainability, according to the Happy Planet Index 2016.
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Happy planet Index - a measure of human wellbeing
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Theresa Kachindamato, a female chief in Malawi, has become well-known for ending child marriages and abusive sexual initiation rites, and encouraging education for young women.
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GTANSW & ACT's insight:
A great visual introduction to difference in human wellbeing Choose a variety of themes e.g. toys, toilets
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UN report warns that without measures to halt and reverse climate change, food production could become impossible in large areas of the world
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This interactive graphic shows how the world is divided according to six different socioeconomic variables. The land area of each country represents its share of the worldwide total.
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A great interactive site to examine the world using 6 criteria that reflect well being and / or development
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Workers, including children, labor in harsh and dangerous conditions to meet the world’s soaring demand for cobalt, a mineral essential to powering electric vehicles, laptops, and smartphones, according to an investigation by The Washington Post.
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Links between access to natural resources, exploitation and human well being and development
David G Tibbs's curator insight,
March 29, 2018 3:36 PM
We take the luxuries that we have for granite and forget where it comes from, or who pays the physical price for us to have them. One example is electronics and the Congo. The Congo is a country filled with Colbolt which is critical to lithium batteries which powers majority of products that are rechargeable. The price they pay is unsafe mining conditions, indecent wages, and environmental hazards to local communities. 60 percent of the cobalt used today comes from the Congo, and while some companies track it to make sure its "clean" some companies do not check its origins. In 2010 there was a push to add cobalt to a list of resources that come from the Congo to be from a militia free mine. Individual companies have started to be stricter about where they get their Cobalt it's still not mandatory under international law. However with the demand for cobalt is increasing due to more electric power styling for vehicles and other products. In order to meet these demands the cobalt will continue to come from abused people until companies or international law limits and outlines how to deal with the cobalt question. 2 
Douglas Vance's curator insight,
April 21, 2018 2:10 PM
Given the absurd amount of minerals present in the country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be basking in immeasurable wealth. However, as shown by this inetractive and enormously in-depth piece by the Washington Post, the country constantly struggles with child labor, water pollution, and widespread dangerous working condition because of the global demand for minerals like cobalt and copper.
David Stiger's curator insight,
November 10, 2018 4:05 PM
The Congo, like Venezuela, is another example of a post-colonial country rich in valuable natural resources whose people, ironically, live in abject poverty. The Congo is a victim of its own geographical blessings as the industrialized world's bottomless need for Congo's cobalt, copper, and other minerals has put this former colony of Belgium on the map. The Congo reportedly supplies half of the world's cobalt. With few other options for mineral sources, lithium-ion battery manufacturers turn a blind eye as Congolese "diggers" endure inhumane, dangerous, and unfair conditions to produce cheap cobalt. Companies have not reacted to this injustice because of a desire to maximize their profits. With Western consumers acting as indirect accomplices, China leads the pack of this neo-colonial process of exploiting the Congo for its valuable underground minerals. The Chinese companies offer so little money for the cobalt that workers are forced to put up with hazardous conditions and unbelievably low pay for their labor.
The problem lacks an easy solution because it is highly complicated by the forces of globalization and geographical factors. Congolese diggers obtain the raw materials, who sell it to Asian middlemen, who then sell it to big Chinese manufacturers. These manufactures produce rechargeable batteries to sell to Western companies like Apple and Samsung. These products are then sold all over the world. The long supply chain makes it difficult for consumers to feel and see how their actions are impacting the lives of other people. The companies who should be held accountable justify their business decisions because there are not sources of cobalt to turn to. If there were other sources, companies like Huayou Cobalt could turn to other sources that treat their workers better, forcing Congolese suppliers to raise their labor standards. A short-term remedy, it seems, would be to classify Congolese-based cobalt as a conflict mineral. Western countries should fine and punish companies that are linked to the unjust cobalt trade, forcing these companies to raise their standards. |
