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Office for National Statistics (UK) ONS data services, recent Census developments, access to public data and a section on the UK in Figures. Has recently moved to the friendlier National Statistics website. For downloads in csv format (spreadsheet can be saved as Excel) go to StatBase. http://www.statistics.gov.uk

EUROSTAT EU Statistical Office. Online publications and statistical information provided, including access to Facts through Figures (downloadable). http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/home.htm

World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) Profile of every country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Contact information for diplomatic representation in the US and in the country are included. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html If you have problems accessing the geographical factbook list, go to main homepage, look for publications and click on factbook. http://www.odci.gov/

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United Nations

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• Trade

World Development movement Information from the World Development Movement (WDM) about TNCs, and the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) http://www.wdm.org.uk

Developments magazine issue 15 (third quarter 2001) is on trade. http://www.developments.org.uk

Ethical Trading Initiative http://www.eti.org.uk 

World Trade Organisation http://www.wto.org/

Tourism concern http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk

Fairtrade Foundation http://www.fairtrade.org.uk

Clipper Tea My preferred morning cuppa. Clipper tea has earned the fairtrade mark and its production ensures strict standards are met covering education, healthcare, fair pay, housing and working conditions. The tea gardens in South India and Sri Lanka are surrounded by virgin forest. The pickers and their families play a role in protecting the environment from illegal logging and poaching. http://www.clipper-teas.com

Choccie bikkie A site from Channel 4's On The Line team, now hosted by Oxfam, about the implications of that treat in your lunch box. Quiz and Ghana visit. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/schools/chocbix/index.htm

Zambia Bized (as in business education) has a number of worksheets connected to virtual field trips on a variety of topics including GDP and living standards, commodity prices, trade policy and exchange rates. http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/teacher/works.htm

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Globalisation

UK on Globalisation The UK Government 's second White Paper on International Development "Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor" (Dec 2000) is available on the web at the DfID site. Clare Short is the current Secretary of State for International Development. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

Global Exchange Global economy section and news digest. http://www.globalexchange.org/

The rough guide to Globalisation Introduction to Globalisation from leading Christian charity. Includes testimony from a clothing worker in Indonesia who makes GAP and Docker garments. Also see report on the 'real' fashion victims. http://www.cafod.org.uk

The global fashion industry makes a good case study. Oxfam ran a campaign in the 1990s. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/anrev97/ar8d.htm El Salvador, China and homeworkers in Canada feature at http://www.maquilasolidarity.org Also see a Dutch site which looks at the labour behind labels such as adidas and Reebok http://www.cleanclothes.org/companies.htm

Cafod Activity-based youth topic on training shoes (trainers). http://www.cafod.org.uk/youth/yttrainers.shtml Story of Laura who stiches trainers. http://www.cafod.org.uk/youth/stitchup.shtml

Teaching globalisation:

Birmingham's development education centre http://www.tidec.org/Globalisation/globmain.html

Development education association http://www.dea.org.uk

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