Development Roast Giving international development a proper roasting
This month, for our Monday graphics series, Development Roast has teamed up with FSG Books and University of Washington Professor of Economics, the world’s first and only stand-up economist, Yoram Bauman to bring you a sneak peek into the second volume of his book The Cartoon Introduction to Economics. Learning should be fun, so for five weeks during October, to coincide with INESAD’s Fun Economics Month, Development Roast will share one of the fascinating and fun cartoons from Volume Two: Macroeconomics. Today’s cartoon show why inflation is a lot like alcohol. Read More »
Cartoon Economics: “We are all dead in the long run”
This month, for our Monday graphics series, Development Roast has teamed up with FSG Books and University of Washington Professor of Economics, the world’s first and only stand-up economist, Yoram Bauman to bring you a sneak peek into the second volume of his book The Cartoon Introduction to Economics. Learning should be fun, so for five weeks during October, to coincide with INESAD’s Fun Economics Month, Development Roast will share one of the fascinating and fun cartoons from Volume Two: Macroeconomics. Today’s cartoon asks: What’s more important, short- or long-term growth and stability? Read More »
Graphics: Where Does Latin America Stand In Terms of Peace?
It is no secret that every nation in the world struggles with peace and stability in some way, shape or form. The Global Peace Index (GPI) attempts to capture this process by collecting data and information and collating it into 23 indicators that give countries a final score between one and five. You can view a map of the 2012 GPI around the globe here.
Hispanically Speaking News has gone one step further and organized the 2012 GPI measures for Latin American countries into an easy to understand infographic: Read More »
Graphics: How Many Families Live in Poor Quality Houses in Latin America?
Many people in Latin America live in poor quality housing or in no housing at all. According to an Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) report entitled Room for Development: Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, over two thirds of households in Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala lack adequate housing. The IADB has developed a very informative infographic to illustrate these and other country differences in the region: Read More »
Graphics: Five Ways To See Your Country’s Carbon Footprint
There is a lot of talk about carbon accounting, carbon footprints and future sustainability, but these things are hard to imagine on a day-to-day level. Fortunately, many organizations are trying to make this topic easier to digest by coming up with ingenious inforgraphics to illustrate the point. Two in particular are helping people see their own country’s carbon footprint in five different ways. Read More »
Graphics: Are Businesses Really Ready for Carbon Accounting?
Many economic mechanisms have been put forward to try to better manage natural resources. The UN Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD), for example, aims to put a financial value on the carbon stored in rainforests and incentivise developing countries to maintain them. Other systems in place give tax credits and other incentives to businesses for becoming more sustainable, but how ready are they to count their own carbon emissions? This is the question that Epicor asked in a survey of almost 1,000 companies from across the world earlier this year. The result? An inforgraphic that reveals fascinating facts like 58 percent of businesses had never even heard of carbon accounting: Read More »
Graphics: How Much Water Do You Eat?
Meat production is thirsty business. Do you know much water do you eat? INESAD’s latest inforgraphic provides some real food for thought. Did you know, for example that a beef burger takes 2,400 litres of water to produce, compared to 170 litres for a vegetarian burger.
Find out more at www.unwater.org and www.waterfootprint.org. Read More »
Graphics: Cows, Showers and Burgers—Encouraging Diet-Based Water Conservation
Did you know that passing up just one beef burger saves the water equivalent of 40 low flow showers? INESAD’s latest infographic aims to encourage diet-based water conservation. Love it, live it, share it.
Find out more at www.unwater.org and www.waterfootprint.org. Read More »
Graphics: Dropping The Burger Water Bomb
March 22nd saw this year’s World Water Day kick off a series of upcoming events organised by the UN and other organisations to highlight global water issues.
Luckily, there is lots of good news, like the fact that half of the internationally agreedMillennium Development Goal on safe drinking water and sanitation has been met ahead of schedule. According to a joint report by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF:
“Since 1990, more than 2 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources.” Read More »
What Would You Pay if You Didn’t Have a Price?
Imagine yourself in a different world. You wake up on an ordinary sunny weekend morning like any other and go shopping for a birthday gift for your mum. You go to her favourite high street retailer and find the perfect looking present, a beautiful silk shawl. You look for the price, but instead of a normal price tag indicator, you find a fold out label like THIS. What would you pay?
Do you think that changing our shopping environments would encourage more ethics, responsibility and sustainability? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Ioulia Fenton leads the food and agriculture research stream at the Center for Economic and Environmental Modeling and Analysis (CEEMA) at INESAD.