In this lesson we will consider economic factors affecting development. Specifically, we will look at the issue of third world debt repayment as an example of an economic factor affecting development.

Your challenge is to produce a 5-10 minute video that can that seeks to explore the issues surrounding developing world debt repayment and its effect on development. Your podcast must make reference to the following issues:
 

• The causes of the debt crisis

• The scale of the debt crisis - support your answers with appropriate statistics

• The effect of debt on developing states - you may wish to divide this up into different categories such as 'children', 'environment' etc.

• Possible solutions

• Obstacles to solutions

The information source for this class is here

You have two lessons in which to produce your video and you must be ready to show your finished product to the rest of the class.