Open Learning

World Bank

Can science be ethical as well as innovative? Should it even try? Barbara Brockbank considers the issues.

The shortage of food in some parts of the world is acute – Richard Skellington asks what can be done?

Dr Giles Mohan and Dr May Tan-Mullins visit Washington and find that China is a major topic of conversation, with some wide divergences of opinion.

Trushna P. Patel concludes an investigation into the World Bank by looking closely at how the body influenced Uganda's development.

Trushna P. Patel looks at the World Bank's record

Senior Open University lecturer Joe Hanlon gives his personal perspective on the role of reconstruction after civil war

Here, Doctor Matt Smith gives his personal perspective on the interplay between charity, aid and development.

In this 2005 article, senior Open University lecturer Joe Hanlon asks 'How does debt cancel out the positive benefits of aid?'

Course extract from Preparing For Development - Improving Health

Course extract from Preparing For Development - Poverty and Disease

Course extract from Preparing For Development - Disease and Education

Course extract from Preparing For Development - Gender and Disease

Course extract from Preparing For Development - Patterns of Disease - Looking at the Evidence

There are numerous bodies involved in projects for Africa, here is just a selection