PowerPoint Presentations about the Third World http://tr.im/n3Ed PowerPoint Presentations about the Third World
Lots of different and diverse aspects and topics ... you can even add your own presentation if you have one.
Breathing Earth http://www.breathingearth.net/ Breathing Earth
Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.
Please remember that this real time simulation is just that: a simulation. Although the CO2 emission, birth rate and death rate data used in Breathing Earth comes from reputable sources, data that measures things on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate.
Please note however that the CO2 emission levels shown here are much more likely to be too low than they are to be too high.
World Vision http://www.worldvision.com Help the needy children. let them live, as you would want your own to live.
NationMaster http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php NationMaster
Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
We want to be the web's one-stop resource for country statistics on everything from soldiers to wall plug voltages.
You can also view profiles of individual countries including their maps and flags, use correlation reports and scatterplots to find relationships between variables, and refer to fully integrated encyclopedia with over one million articles.
Search statistics and watch it move with Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/ Search statistics through Google and watch it move with Gapminder
In a web browser or free download software .... this application will completely change your views on graphs .... brilliant
Google Subscribed Links makes it possible to search deep into Gapminder's moving graphs visualizing world development.
State of the Worlds Cities 2006/7 http://tinyurl.com/nov4r State of the Worlds Cities 2006/7
This UN report highlights the poor living conditions of slum dwellers in developing countries who are as badly off as, if not worse off than, their rural relatives. The worlds urban population is expected to exceed the rural population due to rapid migration during 2007.
State of the Worlds Cities Report 2006/7 has broken new ground by showing that the urban poor suffer from an urban penalty: Slum dwellers in developing countries are as badly off if not worse off than their rural relatives.
UNESCO : Third World Countries Resources http://tinyurl.com/nhlpx UNESCO : Third World Countries Resources, information and reports.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.
Wake Up, World http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/wakeup/ Wake Up, World : A day in the life of children around the world...
Explore the lives of children from different countries around the world through our exciting photo stories!
The moment when we open our eyes to a new day is something we all share. But what we see, feel and hear around us is different, depending on where we live.
| wake up | school | play | help | food | dream | places | things to do |
Third World Teaching Resources at TRE (UK) http://tinyurl.com/rvxnl Third World Teaching Resources at Teacher Resource Exchange (UK)
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Children of a Mind (Song) by Daniel Laubacher | Wealth and Poverty (GCSE) | Modelling climate change | Why are some places in the world hotter than others? | Using Google Earth | World Economic Atlas | Using Webcams in Geography | Children in Conflict | Time zones and me | Children around the World | The right to clean water Years 5 & 6 | Around the World with yahooligans | Examining schools based on children's rights | Contrasting weather in different cities around the world |
UN Human Development Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Human_Development_Index The UN Human Development Index is a quantitative index of development which some use as a proxy to define Third World.
The UN Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, childbirth, and other factors for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.
The index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, and has been used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual Human Development Report.
Third World : at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_world Third World : at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia
Terms such as Global South, less wealthy nations, developing countries, least developed countries and the Majority World have become more popular in many circles, due to the derogatory and out of date connotations of describing a 'Third' world. Development workers also call them the two-thirds world (because two-thirds of the world is underdeveloped) and The South.
The term Third World is also disliked as it may imply the false notion that those countries are not a part of the global economic system.
Main Africa area on Shambles http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/Africa/ Main Africa area on Shambles
African Online Digital Library | African Geography Tutor | African Studies Internet Resources | Exploring Africa | Studying Africa through the Social Studies | AllAfrica Global Media | Ancient Africa : 4 2 Explore | Exploring Africa (pbs) | Learning About Africa | Journey to Africa | Africana |
Third World Traveller http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/ Third World Traveller
TWT puts up articles and book excerpts
that offer an alternative view to the mainstream media about the state of democracy in America, and about the impact of the policies of the United States' government,
transnational corporations, international financial institutions, and the corporate media, on democracy, free speech, social and economic justice, human rights, and war and peace, in the Third World, and in the United States.
Third World : Encyclopedia Article at MSN Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559120/Third_World.html Third World : Encyclopedia Article at MSN Encarta
Third World, general designation of economically developing nations. The term arose during the cold war, when two opposing blocs?ne led by the United States (first), the other led by the USSR (second)?ppeared to dominate world politics. Within this bipolar model, the Third World consisted of economically and technologically less developed countries belonging to neither bloc.
The countries of the Third World, containing some two-thirds of the world's population, are located in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Politically, they are generally nonaligned (see Nonaligned Movement).
Third World Countries http://yprl.vic.gov.au/homework/third_world.htm Countries with developing economics | Third World : definition and description | Third World Network | United Nations Development Programme | World Bank Group | World Fact Book |
List of Third World Countries http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/homework/third_world.htm List of Third World Countries
Countries with developing economics: List of third world countries as identified by the World Bank | Third World: definition and description -Brief definition of a Third World Country | Third World Network: News items about the developing nations of the world | United Nations Development Programme: Site maintained by the United Nations. Contains information and news items about developing countries | World Bank Group: Information about trade and economic issues with the developing Nations | World Fact Book: Country profiles about all countries of the World. Includes information about developing countries
Why worlds taps are running dry http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2943946.stm Why world's taps are running dry
If you want to induce mental meltdown, the statistics of the worsening global water crisis are a surefire winner.
Water-borne diseases already kill one child every eight seconds
Two-fifths of the world's people already face serious shortages, and water-borne diseases fill half its hospital beds.
People in rich countries use 10 times more water than those in poor ones.
The present is dire: the future looks so grim it must be entirely unmanageable.