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Ideas of Poverty and Wellbeing

Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is still not a mainstream measure, although measures such as the Gini coefficient are gaining prominence. Poverty is measured in terms of the poverty line, which is considered to be extreme poverty at under US $1.00 a day and poverty at US $2.00 a day. Who decides what is a basic good and what belongs in the basket of basic goods?…

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Health and Wellbeing

In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the second key transformation, health and wellbeing. The many dimensions of achieving this transformation are considered, including access to universal health care and an integrated health system. Professor Sachs also discusses social determinants of health, such as rising opioid and obesity epidemics due to poorly regulated industry. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Gestión efectiva de una alianza Salud Mesoamerica

En este vídeo, Emma Iriarte habla sobre la Iniciativa Salud Mesoamericano y explica cómo la gestión efectiva ha convertido esta iniciativa en un alianza exitosa. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Education for a Connected World

This video looks at the effect of the technological revolution on the way education is perceived and implemented world wide, focusing on developing coherent policies on ICT for education. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

How does emission of greenhouse gases lead to global warming? This chapter depicts and analyzes significant factors and illuminates anomalies contributing to the drastic change in our climate. Lastly, this chapter addresses the perils of global warming and the urgency to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, as stated in the Paris Climate Agreement. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

Education is crucial for global development and for the success of sustainable development, but this chapter discusses the content of learning to be good citizens in a new kind of world a world that is organized around the principles of sustainable development. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Transparency and accountability

Transparency is defined as a flow of relevant, timely, and reliable information, information in the economic, financial, social, institution, and political arenas, which is accessible to all relevant stakeholders. When it's clunky and not accessible, it is sometimes referred to as "zombie transparency". Despite efforts towards more transparency, there is some narrowing of civic space as a means of accountability. Additionally, transparency alone cannot solve these issues, e.g. if…

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The Challenge of Global Poverty

In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs tackles SDG1, ending extreme poverty, looking at the resources available and how a lack of distribution leads towards vast inequalities. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Pollution

This chapter focuses on the three main environmental challenges facing the world today: human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pollution caused by economic activity. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.