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The View On The Streets: The European Union

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:18:43 +0000

On the streets of Walthamstow in East London, we ask the public what they think about the European Union. It’s clear that opposition to the EU is not the preserve of bigoted ‘little Englanders’, far from it. Eloquent, well-informed citizens are seriously concerned at the EU’s undemocratic set-up and want to have their say. Individuals backing the EU are hard to find and are against a referendum as they see their fellow citizens as ignorant and too ill-educated to ‘understand the issues’.

Recommended links:

Article by Bruno Waterfield: The EU crisis
The People’s Pledge website

The View On The Streets: ethical shopping & fair trade

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:08:05 +0000

In the run-up to Christmas, many charities are encouraging us to shop ethically. By making moral choices about what you put in your shopping trolley, these charities say, you will not only have a guilt-free shopping experience but you will be helping millions to escape the worst excesses of poverty. But what exactly are these ethical principles which underlie the fair trade label and what do we really know about it? In this revealing report, we ask the public if they buy into fair trade and the response is a mixed bag. Many base their purchasing decisions on price and need and plenty of people who know the score in the developing world see it as far from fair.

Recommended links:

Article by Tim Black, Why Fairtrade is an unfair deal
Film by WORLDwrite, The Bitter Aftertaste

Is this Africa’s decade?

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:03:47 +0000

A far cry from the aid, fair trade and patronising paternalism that still informs NGO speak, the new decade is looking bright for Africa. Speakers in this must watch debate provide the real development picture and shun the West’s myth ridden narrative of Africa as ‘hapless child’ or ‘dark continent’ in need of healing. This year, Angola beat China to the top with annual average GDP growth of 11.1%. In the next five years, African countries are predicted to outperform their Asian counterparts. Of course, it’s easy to grow fast when you are small – but nonetheless the lion is on the move, along with the elephant and the tiger. Growth not aid, we learn is transforming lives and its time to tell the real story. Filmed at the Battle of Ideas, the panellists are: Alice Ajeh, international relations manager, Nigeria, Shell International; Marieme Jamme, CEO, SpotOne Global Solutions; co-founder, Africa Gathering; Angus Kennedy, head of external relations, Institute of Ideas; Sam Mendelson, co-founder, Social Performance Advisory. Chaired by SOAS student Joel Cohen.

Recommended links:

Article by Stuart Simpson, There’s no new ‘scramble for Africa’
Economist article: A road to somewhere: what do Africans need most – aid or infrastructure?

Eurozonia: too big to fail, too small to succeed?

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:39:59 +0000

Is it conceivable that the euro could fail? Can the bureaucrats weather the storm, keeping dissent to the margins? Or is the whole project doomed to failure regardless of their efforts, because it has been fundamentally and deliberately undemocratic all along? Speakers for this illuminating debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas include Philippe Legrain, advisor to Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (speaking in a personal capacity); Simon Nixon, European editor, Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column; author of The Credit Crunch: how safe is your money?; Bruno Waterfield, Brussels correspondent, Daily Telegraph; author of No Means No!

Recommended links:

Article by Simon Nixon, Solution is at hand – with little courage
Article by Angus Kennedy, La morte de l’Europe
Article by Bruno Waterfield, Eurocrisis: the politics of no-longer great powers

The View On The Streets: Should a price be put on life?

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:37:18 +0000

Innovations in clinical practice, drugs and other technologies can improve the quality and extent of patients’ lives – but they are often expensive. With budget cuts looming, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been charged with helping the government to decide which treatments are sufficiently cost effective to be made available on the NHS. But for those facing life threatening illnesses, can a price be put on life? We ask the public whether medicine should be rationed due to its price and denied according to your lifestyle. For many, this is an affront to the value of human life and most argue that medicine should not be rationed even it only gives us a few more weeks life. Lifestyle however is a different ball game and sadly the idea that healthcare should be rationed for smokers, drinkers and the obese is gaining ground.

Recommended links:

WORLDbytes report: Rationing and medicine: what price life?
Article by Basham and Luik, Healthcare for all! Unless you’re fat

Dharavi: Reaching for the sky

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:34:05 +0000

Welcome to Dharavi where residents are reaching for the sky. They want Dharavi to surpass London as a great city. Unlike the poverty tourism and accolades awarded to communitarian slum living by the likes of Prince Charles and Kevin McCloud, Dharavi residents think big. Sadhvi Sharma takes us through the streets and introduces us to aspirant families for whom Dharavi is a place of transition. The least we can do, she argues, is support their aspirations.

Recommended links

Article by Sadhvi Sharma, Living in filth is no lifestyle choice
Book by Austin Williams & Alistair Donald, The lure of the cities The Lure of the City: From Slums to Suburbs

Why should I be happy?

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:08:05 +0000

Governments and policy makers are concerned over our individual happiness. This year, the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) began compiling data for Cameron’s so-called happiness index. Meanwhile at the launch of ‘Action for Happiness’ members made a simple pledge: ‘to try to create more happiness in the world around them through the way they approach their lives’. Both assume that material advancement and economic development can’t buy you happiness. This seems obvious, or is it? Should happiness be our end goal? Is getting rich bad for our wellbeing? Should the government measure our happiness levels? Luke Gittos, a WORLDbytes reporter, investigates the happiness agenda and talks to the Director of Action for Happiness, Mark Williamson and Daniel Ben Ami, author of Ferraris for All.

Recommended links:

Action for Happiness website
Daniel Ben Ami’s blog, Ferraris For All
Article by Tim Black, Dumbing down the idea of happiness
BBC’s The Happiness Formula
Audio of Battle of Ideas debate, From religious bliss to well-being: what does happiness mean today?

Prosperity without growth: a contradiction in terms

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:33:31 +0000

For two centuries, life expectancy has surged, the food supply has easily outstripped a rising population and science has advanced tremendously. But are the costs of growth beginning to outweigh the benefits? Critics point to rising inequality, and insist people are becoming no happier, while mental illness and obesity are rife. In this fascinating head-to-head, economics journalist and author Daniel Ben-Ami argues with professor of sustainable development, Tim Jackson against a culture of limits. To tackle poverty he explains, we need more growth not less. We are living longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives than ever before – including billions of people in the poorer countries and economic progress has provided huge benefits for humanity.

Recommended links:

Article by Daniel Ben-Ami, Growth sceptics selling the economy short
Article by Kevin Brown, Financial Times, The Asian century calls for a rethink on growth

Going nowhere? Staying local in a global village

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:01:37 +0000

The newest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary includes the word, ‘staycation’, a vacation taken in your home country. David Cameron took one in Cornwall last summer and has urged Britons to follow his lead. Should we give up on the gains of a more global world and do likewise? Panelists don’t agree in this vital debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas. The speakers are: Philippe Legrain, author, Immigrants: your country needs them; John Adams, emeritus professor of geography, University College London; Michelle Di Leo, director, FlyingMatters, Dr Peter Heller, technology consultant, Innovationszentrum Niedersachsen GmbH, Germany. The chair is Peter Smith, director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, London.

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Article by James Woudhuysen: Don’t let the miserablists clip humanity’s wings
Article by Michael Hanlon: We’ve only got ourselves to blame for the indestructible Indian superbug

Africa and oil

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:53:39 +0000

The oil industry in Africa is indicted for causing massive environmental damage, for the role of oil money in propping up corrupt regimes and for disrupting the traditional livelihoods of indigenous people. Yet it is undeniable that oil production directly benefits the economies of many African countries. If growth is not to come from oil, are the critics of Big Oil saying that Nigerians and other countries should go back to the land and develop less? Speakers in this debate include: Dara Akala, Living Earth Foundation; Barnaby Briggs, Shell; Joseph Hurst, Croft Stakeholder Democracy Network and Dipo Salimonu Ateriba, Africa Confidential.

Recommended links:

Article by Nathalie Rothschild: Dam those patronising Western campaigns
Report by Chatham House: Thirst for African oil

The view from the streets: working for nothing

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:19:03 +0000

Internships are now accepted as an essential first step into the job market. Graduates often do two or three internships, the majority are unpaid with no job on the cards when they end. Is working for nothing for six months an elitist opportunity for rich kids whose parents can fund them? Are companies abusing free labour? Should internships be regulated or should young people just wise up about what’s on offer? WORLDbytes reporters check out the view on the streets of East London.

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WORLDbytes report: Interns Anonymous

Interns Anonymous

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:21:34 +0000

The founders of Interns Anonymous explain why they set up their campaign and website. They spill the beans on the largest survey ever done with interns and challenge the idea that a whole generation should put up with working for free. As Rosy Rickett put it “internships don’t get you jobs, jobs get you jobs.”

Recommended links:

Interns Anonymous blog

Don’t Shout at the Telly: Ferraris for All

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:44:59 +0000

Leading this refreshing on the sofa discussion Daniel Ben Ami author of ‘Ferraris for All’, explains ‘growth scepticism’. Young volunteers grappling with growth raise a wide range of questions from consuming less in the West to bankers, child labour, corruption and war. Daniel is clear: our having less will not make the poor rich; child labour is product of poverty not prosperity; corruption does not cause poverty it’s a symptom of it; bombing a country is unlikely to increase its prospects and political autonomy is key. A positive approach to economic growth he argues, not holding back and accepting ‘limits’ is key to increasing abundance for all globally.

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Daniel Ben-Ami blog

Fact Finder: Unemployment in London

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:37:19 +0000

Did rising unemployment and poverty coincide with the start of the recession? Tom MacInnes, Research Director at the New Policy Institute, unpacks the facts and suggests that job losses, unemployment and poverty started to rise years before the present recession although the recession inevitably made things worse. The economic failure, he argues, is as much, if not more, to do with the loss of manufacturing and industries then the financial sector’s flop. The truth is also laid bare about the chronic problem of youth unemployment; one which is yet to be resolved.

Recommended links:

City Parochial Foundations London’s Poverty Profile: website
New Policy Institute: website

Don’t Shout at the Telly: Unemployment

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:25:59 +0000

On this month’s Don’t Shout, volunteers put unemployment back on the agenda. Despite UK unemployment rising above 2.5 million why have there been no mass protests or marches for jobs? Should we accept unemployment as a fact of life or demand more jobs for all? Are benefits making us lazy? In this contentious on the sofa discussion, unemployed volunteers discuss their concerns with Angus Kennedy who argues that the focus on youth is itself a problem and dependency on the state can make us sick.

Recommended links:

Article by David Conn: The jobless are no shirking scroungers – you try living on £65.45 a week
BBC article: NEETS ‘should not get benefits’, say MPs
Article by James Panton: What’s so great about the welfare state?

Skint not Idle: Carol & Ruje’s Story

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:16:40 +0000

In this short report, two friends explain their situation. Carol has been living on benefits for five years and talks about the difficulties of surviving on so little money. Recent university graduate Ruje Yasmin sums ups the prospects facing many university leavers today: qualified, in debt and jobless. As Carol and Ruje’s stories show, perhaps the problem of unemployment is less about an unqualified workforce, living on benefits or low pay and rather a case of a lack of jobs.

Recommended links:

Article by David Conn: The jobless are no shirking scroungers – you try living on £65.45 a week
Article by Patrick Hayes: This is a waste of youthful potential

Shooting Views: An interview with Norman Lewis

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:04:26 +0000

Many now see unemployment as a problem of an idle generation who are content to live on benefits. In this interview, Saleha Ali quizzes Norman Lewis, author of the London Manifesto for Innovation, on the causes of unemployment and prospects for fuller employment in the future. Norman argues the case for big thinking and innovation and suggests we would do well to emulate China’s positive attitude to growth.

Recommended links:

Manifesto: Big Potatoes, The London Manifesto for Innovation
Norman Lewis’ Blog: Future-Diagnosis

Welfare dependency: who benefits?

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:51:29 +0000

The welfare state was once celebrated as a keystone of post-war Britain, but while the NHS and state education are still widely valued, state benefits are now accused of fostering a dependency culture which traps people. With cuts in public spending looming as the recession bites, and yet more people likely to need state support, should the focus be on cash for those who need it, or more intensive intervention to get people working? At this Battle of Ideas festival panel debate, speakers include: social policy writer Dave Clements; journalist Rowenna Davis; director of think tank Reform, Andrew Haldenby; and Policy and Membership director at DrugScope, Dr Marcus Roberts.

Recommended links:

Article by Michael Portillo: Idle young should be entitled to nothing
Article by Jenni Russell: Some talk about welfare to work.
Article by Dave Clements: Welfare State – the new dependency

Austerity: Don’t re-invent the Blitz

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:35:24 +0000

Austerity now trips off the lips of every politician. They tell us cut backs and tightening our belts are the order of the day. The Imperial War Museum even provides ten top tips from the Blitz for surviving the recession. Jean, Doris and Andy, who lived through the Blitz in East London give us their account of rationing and hope no one will ever have to go through that again.

Recommended links:

Imperial War Museum website
Article by Brendan O’Neill: Against Austerity
Article by Rob Lyons: The Austerity Auction
BBC article: Don’t lose out in the new age of austerity

Cut backs: The view from the streets

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:34:04 +0000

On the streets of London the public are not impressed by politician’s talk of austerity. WORLDbytes volunteers interview young and old and each other and many ask, what are people who already have little supposed to cut back on? Austerity is prescribed for all but not everyone is in the same boat. Should we all take responsibility for economic failure and share the pain? The public say no.

Recommended links:

Article by Rob Lyons: Why It’s Not Our Fault. Honest.
Article by Brenan O’Neill: Against Austerity
BBC article: Don’t lose out in the new age of austerity

Vestas: Winds of change

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:24:59 +0000

In August Wind turbine manufacturers Vestas, confirmed it will cease production at the company’s site on the Isle of Wight. Up to 600 employees will lose their jobs and closure will have a devastating impact on the island. Refusing to accept their fate, a number of Vestas workers decided to occupy the factory in opposition to the closure. WORLDbytes visited the occupation during the first 24 hours to investigate.

Recommended links:

Article by Patrick Hayes: Taking sides in the Vestas dispute
Article by Brendan O’Neill: Defend green jobs! Smash ungreen jobs!
Article by Joe Thorne: Vestas – the struggle on the horizon
Vestas Workers official website

The rise and rise of behavioural economics

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:18:03 +0000

Behavioural economics have become an ever more trendy way of explaining the crisis. In this debate speakers demystify the subject and do battle on the merits of its approach and usefulness. The speakers are: Leigh Caldwell chief executive, Inon; Professor Emre Ozdenoren associate professor of economics, London Business School; Dr Stuart Derbyshire senior lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham and Dr Michael Savage investment banker and writer, financial economics and development.

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Article by Stuart Derbyshire and Anand Raja: Shopping and the Stone Age brain

Demystifying the crisis

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:08:22 +0000

How we interpret the recession and who we hold to account for it are key political and economic questions. As part of the Battle for the Economy summit organised by the Institute of Ideas, a panel discussion takes us beyond the usual suspects: the greedy bankers and consumer culture. In these edited highlights from the session, the real causes of the recession take centre stage. Panellists include: Warwick Lightfoot, economist; former special adviser to Chancellors Nigel Lawson, John Major and Norman Lemont; Phil Mullan, economist; Director of Business Transformation, Easynet; author, The Imaginary Time Bomb; Richard Portes, professor of economics, London Business School; founder and President, CEPR; Simon Nixon, European Editor, Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street columnist.

Recommended links:

VOX Policy analysis from leading economists: Richard Portes
Article by Phil Mullen: It’s a recession, Jim, but not as we know it
Londonist interviews: Warwick Lightfoot

Visteon workers fight for a better deal

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:52:01 +0000

As Britain heads deeper into recession and unemployment rises, this report provides a timely example of workers successfully refusing to accept austerity. A group of workers at Visteon, a car-parts manufacturing company decided to take matters into their own hands and occupy the factory in opposition to a six minute notice to quit and degrading redundancy deal. Reporter Luke Gittos interviews workers and supporters directly after they leave the occupation at the Visteon plant in Enfield.

Recommended links:

Enfield Independent Visteon protest finally ends
Visteon website
Article by Patrick Hayes: I never thought I would be a squatter
Guardian article: Defeated Visteon offers former workers improved redundancy package

Tony McNulty: Carrot Carrot Stick

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:51:19 +0000

McNulty MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform is interviewed by volunteer Emma Grant on the new welfare reform bill and jobs. The reform bill proposes strict conditions that unemployed people must meet to access benefits, including a ‘work for your benefit’ scheme for the long-term unemployed which will force them to volunteer or work for no pay. But how will people find work when there are currently only 455,000 job vacancies and over 2.2 million unemployed?

How to get a house

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:49:56 +0000

Everybody knows we urgently need to build more homes, but how, when and where will this happen? WORLDbytes interviewed Ian Abley, an architect and manager of Audacity at the plotlands in Dunton, Essex where from the 1920s East End working class couples built cheap homes themselves. Could we do this now? Ian Abley argues we should collectively break the Town & Country Planning law of 1947 which made buying and building on redundant farmland, like the plotlands, illegal.

Recommended Links:

Article by Ian Abley: Plotlands as a measure of affordability 75 years on
More from Ian Abley: Googling plotlands
Discussion on the Audacity website: Britain doesn’t add up
More goodies on the Audacity website: Where to build in 2009

Can the State save the economy?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:48:59 +0000

As the crisis deepens, politicians are seizing back the reins with direct government intervention. But is state intervention the solution, or will it create new problems? This debate at the Institute of Ideas, Battle for the Economy Public Summit at Goodenough College in London was led by University of Kent sociology professor and author Frank Furedi. Respondents, Economic Research Council Research Director Dan Lewis, Professor Erik Reinert and Wall Street Journal’s European columnist Simon Nixon, raise key arguments in these edited highlights of the discussion.

Recommended Links:

Article by Mick Hume: State-run banks won’t save Britain – or even Brown
Debating Matters topic guide: Bankers pay

G20: Catch 22

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:42:12 +0000

Reporter Luke Gittos filed these reports from the much hyped G20 protests in London where he searched in vein for a clear message and purpose. An interview with economy blogger and cscape CEO Rob Killick puts the need for a serious political rethink on the table and vox pops with the public suggest few were impressed by the G20 summit.

Recommended Links:

Rob Killick’s blog

Don’t shout at the telly: Economy Special

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:38:33 +0000

Economics journalist Stuart Simpson heads a frank on the sofa discussion on the economy, recession and who is responsible. Rather than the easy fat cat targets, Stuart points the finger at politicians, their failure to lead and managerial politics. He suggests that the South – North transfer of wealth which has financed Western debt is indicative of politician’s failure to allocate funds and productively invest in wealth creation for us all to benefit. Discussants show that engagement with the problems and solutions is perfectly possible, recessions, after all, are manmade.

Recommended Links:

Darling, it’s all about the global imbalances by Stuart Simpson
Works by Stuart Simpson on the Culture Wars website
Debt and Development in Ghana – a case study by Stuart Simpson

Woolworths – what about the workers?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:34:03 +0000

When Woolworths announced the closure of its 815 outlets at the end of December, Britain mourned the fall of a century old, cosy family favourite. Volunteers reveal how two Woolworths workers in London were treated and what Brown’s talk of providing support and training amounted to.

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Growing pains: pros and cons of economic dynamism

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:22:02 +0000

Dynamic economies in the developing world have experienced an unprecedented increase in wealth in recent years, yet millions are still left behind. This short report highlights what the experts say about growth and growing pains at the Battle of Ideas festival. Speakers include: Martin Wolf, chief economics editor of the Financial Times; Dr Ha-Joon Chang, author of Bad Samaritans; Daniel Ben-Ami, finance and economics journalist and author of Pursuing Prosperity (forthcoming) and Cowardly Capitalism; Professor Sanjaya Baru, visiting professor; Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and author of The Strategic Consequences of India’s Economic Performance.

Can China and India catch up with the West?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:12:21 +0000

India and China are experiencing unprecedented levels of growth. The worlds tallest buildings, largest airports, fastest trains, and biggest dams are now all to be found in the developing world, and China and India may soon become the world’s largest economies. The WORLDbytes crew filmed this Battle of Ideas Festival debate which WORLDwrite co-organised with the Emerging Economies forum. In this report, speakers from around the world answer the question; can China and India catch up with the West?

Challenging China bashing

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:08:58 +0000

After the sportsmanship of the Beijing Olympics, China bashing remains a degrading sport in the West. Why does the West find China’s rapid development so unsettling? WORLDbytes’ report from the Battle for China conference gleans insights from the experts.

Low pay: needs versus mythical limits

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:07:17 +0000

The UK is one of the richest nations in the world, so why are so many of us paid so little? This report interviews individuals feeling the pinch, talks to Living Wage campaigners and discusses low pay with economist and writer Stuart Simpson. Stuart explains that higher wages for all are perfectly possible.

London Behind the Scenes

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Transporting you through time from the creation of the docks to the present day, the Docks and Dockers tour tells the truth about trade and the changing nature of production. This is a preview of the guided tour which takes place in London.

Ferraris for all

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:54:37 +0000

In this report economist and journalist Daniel Ben Ami, discusses what he calls “Caveman Equality.” He reminds us that in the Stone Age we were “all pretty equal …and dirt poor”. This caveman logic needs to be rejected, he argues, and instead we should fight for Ferraris for all.

How poor is London?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:41:09 +0000

“Poverty still exists right here in London” states economist Daniel Ben Ami. In this report Daniel Ben Ami tells us more about London’s poverty and what can be done about it. Coining the phrase “equality of sacrifice”, he warns against levelling down and accepting less and instead he suggests our concern should be to increase growth.

The Bitter Aftertaste

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:22:04 +0000

The Bitter Aftertaste casts huge doubts on the capacity of chocoholics and shopaholics to transform the lives of farmers in the developing world through their super market trolleys. Shot in Ghana and the UK, this hard hitting documentary is sure to stir more than coffee and leave a bitter taste in the mouths of those who espouse Fair Trade as a mechanism for development. The film asks the questions often thought but never asked, does Fair Trade really change anything or just make Western consumers feel good? A must see for everyone who believes the developing world deserves better. This short documentary is also available on DVD from the WORLDwrite shop.

Cash Back

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:18:38 +0000

Shot in Brick Lane in the heart of London’s East End, this feisty short reveals the extent of “remittances”. This is money sent by migrants and Diasporas to friends, families and villages in some of the world’s poorest countries. As the film points out, they don’t wear their hearts on their sleeves or a wristband to show they care and they go on sending money when the shocking TV images have faded. This short documentary is also available on DVD from the WORLDwrite shop.

Corruptababble

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:15:34 +0000

Corruption! The allegation trips off the lips of commentators across the board, especially in discussion of the poorest parts of the world. Are corrupt greedy regimes and war lords so widespread? Should developing countries be monitored and measured for their application of “good governance” to stem corrupt tendencies? Is poverty the product of third world gangsters, thieving politicians and corporate fraudsters? No, but our obsession with corruption is endemic. So say Brendon and Yolanda, two young South Africans who, on their first visit to the UK, are told by newfound workmates that “living in such a corrupt country must be awful”. The youngsters are appalled and decide to unravel the babble that they see as wrong, ridiculous and racist. This is just the trailer. The full film is available from the WORLDwrite shop.