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Dollar a Day Dress, The

Subjects: Business Studies, Current Events, Global Issues, Human Rights, Poverty

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 40 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2005
Available in French: No

This year Britain will chair the G8 and try to lead the world in the fight against poverty. Many believe the best way to help is to ensure a free and liberal world trade system - so the poor can work their way to prosperity rather than relying on Western aid. This film's report argues that unregulated free trade may do more harm than good unless the rules of the game are changed to put the needs of poor countries first. On the journey the film discovered that: In Mali the famous Blue Men of the Sahara wear traditional cotton robes - but the country's impoverished cotton farms face unfair competition from subsidized American producers. In Uganda markets are full of second-hand clothes donated to charities in the rich countries - clothes which are desperately needed but help prevent the textile industry recovering from the Idi Amin days. In Peru alpaca farmers remain mired in poverty while the West fails to provide the technological help to rescue the industry from decline. In Cambodia garment workers risk destitution as new trade rules threaten a Race to the Bottom over labour standards.

Links: http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4306219.stm

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