The It Takes Knowledge series examines
development from a new perspective; the ability to
create and access information, and how this impacts
peoples' livelihoods, environment and health.
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Improving
Livelihoods
Improving Livelihoods takes
viewers to Guatemala, South Africa, Brazil and
Mozambique where computers and the Internet are
connecting people to unprecedented economic
opportunities. It also shows how effective,
low-tech approaches to sharing knowledge are
helping women in Mali, and fishermen in the
Philippines, dramatically improve their
livelihoods.
Video clip: 43 sec.
Quicktime Movie (1.4 MB)
Real Video 5.0 (.4
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Preserving Our
Environment
Preserving Our Environment
explores the role of knowledge for sustainable
development, looking at efforts to save the
biodiversity of Lake Malawi, reforest Nepal, and
clean up polluted rivers of Colombia. It also
examines how new knowledge is helping to preserve
Tunisia's ancient cultural heritage—sometimes
called the "built environment."
Video clip: 38
sec.
Quicktime Movie (1.2 MB)
Real Video 5.0 (1.3
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For a Healthier
World
For a Healthier World examines
how access to health knowledge can make a
difference between life and death—whether it is
through the power of TV soap operas to raise
awareness about AIDS in South Africa, radio
programs that carry health messages throughout
Nepal, health training of village women on the
West Bank, utilizing satellite technology to
battle the malarial mosquito in Belize, or
applying traditional medical knowledge to fight
modern diseases in China.
Video clip: 40
sec.
Quicktime Movie (1.3 MB)
Real Video 5.0 (.3
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