Poverty, Inc.
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Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?
Status: Released
Released Date: 2015-07-10
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Michael Matheson Miller
Writer: Michael Matheson Miller, Simon Scionka
Spoken language: English, Français
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Poverty, Inc.
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
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