Why Poverty?

Aired 2012-11-19

Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.

Aired 2012-11-25

A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.

Aired 2012-11-26

An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.

Aired 2012-11-27

How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.

Aired 2012-11-28

Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.

Aired 2012-12-02

A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.

Aired 2012-12-04

How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.

Aired 2012-12-05

Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.