Money Play And International Trade Game

Description

This game is a version of the World Trade Game developed by the Third World development charity Action Aid.

It has been amended to be suitable for students beginning a course in economics, economic development or international trade, although it could be used with students studying related subjects.

The game is fun to play; it needs no computing facilities and uses only very basic equipment, such as scissors, pencils, rulers and paper; preparing the materials for the game usually takes about 20-30 minutes and, except for paper, all the materials used for the game can be reused.

You need only one member of staff for up to 240 students; all the necessary instructions can be given to the participants within 2 minutes; and there are many economic ‘lessons’ that can be drawn from the game.