WIDE ANGLE | Market Maker | PBS
Duration: 02:23
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Wide Angle #803
Broadcast Date: Jul. 22, 2009
WIDE ANGLE travels to East Africa to tell the dramatic story of an Ethiopian economist on a mission. Seeking a market-based solution to ending hunger in her famine-plagued country, she creates Ethiopia's first commodities exchange. What she didn't count on was a world financial crisis getting in the way. Airs Wednesday July 22, 2009 (check local listings)
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