Video and Multimedia

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Audios

  • NPR: Planet Money
    (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money)
    This program from NPR explores hot issues in global economics. It includes a twice-weekly podcast, and audio reports for other NPR Programs, such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
  • Marketplace
    (http://www.marketplace.org)
    Marketplace, a radio program from American Public Media, focuses on key issues in national and international business and the global economy.

Videos

  • Africa 2012: Africa in the World Economy--From Tigers to Lions?
    (http://youtu.be/sUCxYh_6y18)
    Filmed during the 22nd World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, this panel discusses the emergence and strengthening of African economies and outlines the priorities of the continent. Panel members include Kofi Annan, Gao Xiqing, Bekele Geleta, Monhla Hlahla, Donald Kaberuka, and Doug McMillon.
  • Martin Jacques: Understanding the Rise of China
    (www.ted.com/talks/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china.html)
    Economist Martin Jacques speaks on how the West makes sense of China and its remarkable economic growth and offers new ways to understand China’s role in the world.
  • The Trade Trap
    (http://youtu.be/blvxPshCDe4)
    Told from the perspective of a developing country, this short documentary exposes the difficulties that countries of the Global South face while engaging in trade in the international economic system.

Web Resources

  • World Economic Forum
    (http://www.weforum.org)
    This website is the main page of the World Economic Forum, an independent nonprofit foundation that hosts an annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, attended by political, financial, and corporate leaders to promote interpersonal networking and to address an array of global issues.
  • North American Free Trade Agreement
    (https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org)
    This website is the Internet home of the NAFTA Secretariat, the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It includes information about the Secretariat and the dispute settlement process, as well as official reports.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    (http://www.oecd.org)
    This organization’s website houses its storehouse of data and statistics and provides access to publications and reports.
  • African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank
    (http://www.afdb.org)
    (http://www.adb.org)
    (http://www.iadb.org)
    These banks aim to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty in their respective regions. Their websites include information about the banks, the types of projects they fund, and their focus areas, as well as provides access to publications, data, and research.
  • Group of 20
    (https://www.g20.org)
    This website for the G-20 outlines information about the organization and their priorities in strengthening economic growth. It also provides information on their summits.