1. Watch the BBC and record 2 news stories articles.
2. E-mail your group members and plan out your goals for the next meeting. Start collecting supplies (images, text or art supplies)
3. Go to the UNDP (UN Development Programme) Azerbaijan web site:
http://www.un-az.org/undp/sehife.php?lang=eng&page=0405
Answer these questions:
a. What does the author mean when he says that Azerbaijan wants to convert "black gold into human gold?"
b. What has Azerbaijan done with its oil profits?
c. Look up the word "macroeconomics." Go to Roman numeral I-what does the word mean in this context?
d. Why do you think Azerbaijan wants to move towards non-oil industries?
e. Give an example of how gender equality has improved in Azerbaijan.
f. List 4 natural challenges that Azerbaijan faces in its environment.
4. Go to the transparency.org web site: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/
This group keeps track of which countries are the most corrupt. Write a few sentences about the level of corruption in Azerbaijan.
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