Overview
This assignment is based on the video “Black Gold.” After viewing, answer the
following film questions
Why is the warehouse full of bags of coffee that are not being loaded?
2. How many cups of coffee can be made from one kilo of coffee beans? When looking at
the price of a cup of coffee in America, does the price paid per kilo make sense? Why or
why not?
3. How many people does coffee go through before it reaches the consumer (you)?
4. Why do the women “pick” coffee? How much are they paid?
5. Which of the posted qualifications for a child to be admitted to the emergency feeding
tent was most shocking to you? Why?
6. Discuss the ways in which having centralized markets in First World nations affects local
economies in the developing world. What can be done to mitigate or reverse any
adverse effects?
7. In the lecture this week, we discussed the World Bank. How were the workings of the
World Trade Organization similar to the World Banks? Why were the WTO negotiations
unfair to the developing countries?