homework help global inequality

[unicorn123]

Please could somebody point me in the right direction as I've been staring at the screen for so long that my eyes hurt. I need to find a newspaper or magazine article online about global inequalities for my 15 year old son to print off for school.
I would be really grateful for any help as I have no clue as to what I'm looking at.
Thank you for any help.

[TheFallenMadonna]

Um. Is the homework to find the article?

[scrappydappydoo]

Have you tried looking on a charity website like oxfam or tearfund?? They might have links...

[mmrsceptic]

the OECD produced a report on specifically on global inequality last year

[Themasterandmargaritas]

Try Newsweek or The Economist or Business Week.

[mmrsceptic]

this may take you further in your search

also google the UN Human Development Index -- this year's not out till October but it's annual

[unicorn123]

Thanks for all your help. I'm still staring at the screen but at least I'm looking in the right direction now.
Thank you.

[TheFallenMadonna]

Why isn't your DS doing his homework? Has he been given any guidance? What subject is it?

[unicorn123]

My ds is just as thick as me when it comes to this sort of thing. The subject is humanities.

[TheFallenMadonna]

Get him onto google! What exactly was he asked to find? Have they been working on any other reports or articles that could point you inthe right direction?

[unicorn123]

Thanks for the help. We now have an article that he can use from Oxfam.
Thanks again.

[mmrsceptic]

Unicorn.. a good place to start is always wiki -- eg those reports are detailed on wiki and I found them through the Grauniad and Independent.

If I were you I would practise with him how to find exactly what you want on google because these kinds of assignments are all too common.

It is tremendously pointless in one way -- the reports he'll find are difficult to understand without background knowledge, and articles interpreting them are subjective, but skill at google is priceless.

[BonsoirAnna]

Why don't you get a copy of this week's Economist? That is a brilliant source of articles with insights on the economic and social differences across the world.