Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Vidarbha, India

India has increasingly embraced free trade and, since 2002, has had one of the world's fastest growing economies.

Credits for The Dying Fields

Links to more information on gold mining in Romania.

While production in these countries has been declining over the last three decades--due to ageing mines and rising production costs--an influx of foreign investment has fueled a twentieth century gold rush in the developing world.

The filmmaker, Tibor Kocris, is questioned about about the people and country he shoots for this compelling documentary, Gold Futures.

History of gold mining in Romania.

Gold Futures is a David-and-Goliath story set in a scenic Romanian village in the heart of Transylvania. At stake: a massive deposit of gold ore — and a 2000-year-old village community.

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