80:20 development in an unequal world
Completly new 7th edition
Some to the earlier editions of 80:20 development in an unequal world were published jointly with Tide~
See 80:20 website about the 7th and most up-to-date version of this key source.
The 15 chapters explore key issues using charts, photos, cartoons and statistics backed by a debating narrative. It starts by reviewing “New Extremes” of Wealth, Poverty and Human Development. It then has chapters on Development; Sustainable Development; Human Rights; Justice; Politics; the flow from the Poor to the Rich; Women, Development and (dis)empowerment; and Climate Change.
The last 6 chapters each focus on key challenges: Migration; International Trade; Food; Basic Needs; Aid. The latter subtitled “moving beyond pantomime”. It concludes with chapter: Making Change – ideas, experiences and arguments.
As Prof Brian Boyd [University of Strathclyde] put it:
“80:20 Development in an Unequal World is attractive, engaging, challenging and never simplistic or patronising and could allow schools to put global issues at the heart of the curriculum”
Photo: Colm Regan [Editor of 80:20] at Birmingham launch of 7th edition. At Tide~ event January 2017 at Moseley School & Sixth Form College.
Useful articles relating to this resource
Education, democracy and poverty reduction Clive Harber
Engaging development: learing for a beter futuure. Colm Regan & Scott Sinclair
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