Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.
Each of you will research one of the following organization:WTO, IMF, World Bank
Present the organization’s
Aid and loan statistics
2 case studies: one positive one negative
Due next HL class. Choose your presentation method
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors-this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown-into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.
–Benjamin Franklin, American Inventor/Statesman(1706-1790)
1: Create a mind map of with the word Agriculturein the middle and the 3 factors below as 2nd order items. Then list as many factors as you can related to agricultural process
–Human and economic factors
2: As we watch the folowing videos, create a graphic organizer listing the inputs, processes and outputs of each types of agricultural systems:
In June 2012, delegations from over 100 countries, heads of states, NGOs and activists gathered at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio. Their aim was to discuss pressing environmental issues and try to create new rules and regulations to ensure the environmental sustainability of the world we live in.