These are debates looking at poverty issues.  There were many extra programmes produced to accompany the global broadcast in November 2012. These are some of the highlights.

If you have seen something you think we should include, let us know.

BBC World Debate



At the BBC World Debate, the panel included Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister; Oby Ezekwesili from the Open Society Foundation, Africa; Moeltesi Mbeki, Chair of SA Institute of International Affairs; and Vandana Shiva, Indian activist, environmentalist and scientist. 

Watch it on the BBC or on our website. The deabte was broadcast on the 24 November by BBC News and also on the 29 November as part of the EBU Why Poverty? Day.

DR Why Poverty? Debate



The DR Debatten from the 14 November was part of DRs huge Hvorfor Fattigom output. You can watch it in full (in English) here.

Why Poverty? in the 21st century was discussed under 4 headlines:

1. WHAT’S WRONG WITH AID?
• Owen Barder, Director Europe at the Center for Global Development
• Christian Friis Bach, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation
• Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics, Director UNU-WIDER, Helsinki
• Henrik Skovby, Executive Chairman, Dalberg, Global Development Advisors

2. POVERTY & WOMEN
• Meagan Carnahan, Senior Advisor, Barefoot College
• Linda Polman, Journalist & Writer
• Frans Mikael Jansen, Secretary General, Action Aid, Denmark

3. NEW PLAYERS IN THE THIRD WORLD!
• Alastair Fraser, Lecture in African Politics at University of Cambridge
• Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment
• Holger Bernt Hansen, Professor, Emeritus, Center for African Studies
• Dr Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute

4. WHY POVERTY IN THE RICH WORLD?
• Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School
• Dr. Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute
• Julio Boltvinik, Professor at El Colegio de México

The Discussion was broadcast by 27 European Broadcasters on 29 November as part of the EBU Why Poverty? Day.

As part of the Why Poverty? Broadcast in China (Hong Kong), RTHK hosted a number of pannel discussions on poverty.

Watch Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Sala Debate Why Poverty?



Live debate from Canal Futura (Brazil), called “Sala de Debate” on the theme “Poverty and Inequality”, from 27 November.

View Part 1 here
View Part 2 here
View Part 3 here

As part of the EBU Why Poverty? Day the Vatican Radio hosted a special service dedicated to Why Povert? See the video of the broadcast here.

IDFA Q&As



Why Poverty? had a very strong presence at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) this year.

From the 21st November there is post screening debate on Give Us the Money - not strictly speaking broadcast, but well worth a watch, with Jamie Drummond from ONE, and Boss Lindquist the film's director.



From the 20th November there is a post-screening Q&A with Ben Lewis, director of Poor Us.



From the 19th November there is a post-screening Q&A with the directors of Solar Mamas, Mona Eldaief & Jehane Noujaim.

Debate at the UN



Why Poverty? launched at the UN in September. There were keynote speeches from the UN Deputy Secretary General, Mr Jan Eliasson, and HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and a great debate. You can watch the highlights here.

The debate included director and political activist Danny Glover; the Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning, Amina Mhohammed; the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia, Robert Sichinga, and  the Danish Minister of Development Cooperation, Christian Friis Bach. The event was moderated by BBC journalist Fergal Keane. Mette Hoffmann Meyer and Nick Fraser also added their voices to the launch.