Host Margot Adler talks with an economist about the causes of global poverty.
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Economist William Easterly and Nora Lustig of the United Nations Development Programme debate the most effective strategies to fight global poverty.
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Nora Lustig
is director of the Poverty Group in the Bureau of Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme. She also co-directed the World Bank’s World Development Report 2000/2001 "Attacking Poverty."
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Reporter Sonya Varma takes us to the village of Puleng, South Africa, where a group of local women have transformed their lives through peanut butter.
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Host Margot Adler talks with a trade expert about the collapse of the Doha round trade talks earlier this year and the potential of global trade as a poverty-fighting tool.
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Host Margot Adler speaks with a sociologist about the fair trade industry and its impact on world poverty.
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Laura Raynolds
is co-director of the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade Studies and a professor of sociology at Colorado State University. Her edited book "Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization" is due out in 2007.
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Host Margot Adler talks with newspaper editor Stacy Palmer about the effect of star power on charitable causes.
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