At the beginning of this century only 12% of the world's population lived in urban areas. Half-way through the century that number increased to 30% percent and will reach 50% as we enter the next Century. By 2005, for the first time in the history of the world, more people will live in and around c...

Poverty is one of the main issues the entire world has to deal with. The world is trying to find ways to help those in need and prevent them from going in this downward spiral toward poverty again. Poverty does not only affect the people that are going through it, but it affects everyone and every c...

The World Bank Group The World Bank is not a "bank" in the common sense; it is an agency made up of 184 member countries. These countries are jointly responsible for how the institution is financed and how money is spent along with the rest of the development of the commun...

In Seattle, November of '99, the World Trade Organization, a virtually unknown institution to most people was the star attraction in the media for several days. However, the mobilization of protest demonstrations against international institutions didn't start in Seattle. There were demon...

SR Assignment – Globalization 18/5/04 Globalization - Tendency toward a worldwide investment environment, and the integration of national capital markets. - biz.yahoo.com/glossary/bfglosg.html Globalization has played a big role in attempting to make the rest of the world available ...

The Scorecard on Globalization Globalization and its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz brings to light many different arguments about the way globalization is being handled by different government agencies especially the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. It is Stiglitz argument th...

America: The Giant Credit Card Debt has been choking the world's weakest economies and blocking economic progress for billions of the world's poorest countries. Governments borrowed money in the past for development projects, but often corrupt leaders stole the proceeds. To pay off t...

Olugbobri on the Niger River Delta - On October 14, 2000, ten Ijaw youths were killed by soldiers guarding a flow station owned by Italian oil giant Agip Oil Company. The youths had planned to stage a protest at the site over the failure of Agip to carry out road work and area development projects p...