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Over the last 25 years India has cut absolute poverty by half. Still 440 million people live on less than a dollar a day. This Life program looks at two projects that are helping Indian communities move out of poverty - in line with the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 - and that have succeeded in giving previously powerless people some control over their lives. In Karnataka, the IT revolution has allowed farmers to access land deeds vital to obtaining credit with which they can sow next year's harvest. In Andhra Pradesh, women's self-help groups have enabled rural women to change aspects of their lives, and given them a voice in local government.
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Citation
Main credits
Bruce, Ashley (film director)
Kyriacou, Sotira (editor of moving image work)
Chalk, Sophie (film producer)
Richards, Jenny (consultant)
Richards, Jenny (editor of moving image work)
Tikaram, Ramon (narrator)
Other credits
Editor, Sotira Kyriacou; series editor, Jenny Richards.
Agriculture; Anthropology; Asian Studies; Business Practices; Community; Developing World; Economics; Gender Studies; Geography; Globalization; Humanities; India; Local Economies; Millennium Development Goals; Poverty; Science, Technology, Society; Sociology; United Nations; Urban Studies; Women's Studies
Keywords
India, Asian Studies, agriculture, poverty, Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, women, economics, technology, IT; "Helping Ourselves!"; Bullfrog Films
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 25 minutes
Date: 2005
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, College, Adult
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Closed Captioning: Available
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