INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bretton Woods Conference, Not On Our Watch, Water.Org
28 Mar 2017
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50 cent was invited by world food program to go to somalia: then he promoted an energy drink and liked his facebook page he would contribute one meal to somalia. Demi and ashton real men campaign: global: how effectively do they communicate about the issues, trivialize the issue, disconnect between the message. Oprah winfrey: south africa: leadership academy for girls est. 2007 with 152 students: goal: mentor talented and disadvantaged girls, not oprah"s responsibility it"s the state"s responsibility ! Bretton woods conference established: international monetary fund, international bank for reconstruction and development, gatt (became world trade organization in 1995) Leading institutions based in dc placed conditions on borrowing: countries were required to: Deregulate industries to promote competition: structural adjustment packages. Based on a form of economic liberalism. Common pattern: when amount of debt in relation to gnp goes up, spending on social supports goes down, social inequalities can rise.
