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Why Poverty?: Stealing Africa

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Why Poverty? Stealing Africa

08/12/2012 GMT

Stealing Africa

Why Poverty?

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Part of eight films to highlight different issues and prompt a debate about Why Poverty?

Stealing Africa focuses on the issue of corruption throughout Africa and finds out who actually benefits from this corruption.

Spanning many months and many countries, this film follows an investigation that exposes the scale of corruption throughout Africa. As evidence is gathered, we will come to understand that it is the rising East and the established West that are the real beneficiaries of corruption. The film will follow the trail of money to show who benefits from the plundering of Africa's resources. The investigation also looks at initiatives which aim to redefine accepted corruption indexes which currently lay the blame squarely at the source of corruption and not the beneficiary. Instead, Stealing Africa will look at attempts to produce a new index � the Financial Integrity Index � which will list the countries whose governments house the corporations that most benefit from corruption.

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A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.

BBC World News will be showing eight unique films made by independent producers from around the world. Each film will highlight different issues and prompt a debate about Why Pover

Why Poverty? is a groundbreaking cross-media event reaching more than 500 million people around the world via television, radio, internet and live events in November 2012. As part of this event, BBC World News will be showing eight unique films made by independent producers from around the world. Each film will highlight different issues and prompt a debate about Why Poverty?

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