...Developing World I have chosen to write about the Development and Democracy. I have choose this topic, because I have long believed that the rich countries are more likely than the poor countries to be democracies as pointed out by sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset. As I was researching, I found that the vast majority of LDC were under-developed because of the lack of economic develop. Wars, depressions, institutional changes, elite decisions, and specific leaders also influence what happen, but structural and cultural change are major factors in the emergence and survival of democracy. When I see the TV ads asking for money for other countries, I always wonder why we should give money to other countries when our own people (USA) could use that money. I later learn that those are the LDC’S. I also learn that sometimes, it’s the country leaders that are really keeping them in poverty. That way they will have more control over them, because they instill in their mind that they need the government a without that they will have nothing. I really got an eyeful when I was in the Navy, and we were in Egypt during the Desert Storm war. I saw families live in cardboard homes (something I use to play in when I was a kid). The strong correlation between development and democracy reflects the fact that economic development is conducive to democracy. The number one question is why exactly, development leads to democracy is still in question, but the answer is starting to come out...
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...World Bank: Roles and Responsibilities in Developing Countries Mathew Vettukallel Liberty University Business 606-B01 LUO Professor Dr. Joan Koonce October 11, 2013 Abstract This research paper will focus on how the World Bank has helped many third world counties to transition into developing nations. The mission of the World Bank is total elimination of poverty from the face of the earth by the year 2030 (www.worldbank.org). The World Bank has been helping many developing countries to fight against diseases such as AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in many parts of the world (Clark, 2011). The World Bank is offering financial help for several programs to help with agriculture, transportation, infrastructure, and irrigation in many South Asian countries to reduce poverty. There has been so much controversy about the activities of the World Bank. Even though the main mission of the World Bank is to alleviate poverty from the face of the earth, there has been severe criticism that the World Bank is changing its focus to financial policy reforms and structural adjustments. The World Bank as an international financial institution has done so much to help numerous developing countries when they are in financial crisis or needed help to undertake a major development project. Regardless of the criticism and corruption accusations, this author believes that the World Bank is in the right direction by providing basic reforms and structural adjustments in order to alleviate...
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...Politics of the Developing World POL 469 November 13, 2012 Paul De La Pena Politics of the Developing World Development of the world is unpredictable and uncontrollable at times. With so many countries shaping the world and contributing to its issues and ever changing issues it is hard to say what the future will bring. Dynamics that will form the future of the world and to take into consideration are economic disparities among countries in the North and South, social and political changes in the developing world, environmental changes, and population patterns. These entire factors will influence and affect the future of the world. Economic disparity Economic disparity amongst countries varies greatly. The South compared to the North displays how there can be a large difference between countries in the South and North. A large factor contributing to the economic disparity of the South has to do with the lack of a properly developed government and human rights violations. Mexico for example is known for its high poverty levels and below minimum wage pay rates. Many United States companies have moved their production and assembly plants to Mexico in order to save on the cost of labor. These Mexicans/Hispanics many work in these factories and make about sixty to seventy dollars per week. Neither the Mexican president nor the government has done anything to pass laws to offer employees a minimum wage pay rate. Along with a below minimum wage pay rate many of the citizens...
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...The biggest problem facing the developing world is economic instability. This has three significant negative effects on developing countries. It endangers the health and well being of impoverished citizens, it opens the door for violent authoritarian military regimes, and the economic insecurity has a cyclic effect in that it limits education and prevents the countries from utilizing their natural resources in order to tap in to the global market and lift themselves from poverty. "More than 1.3 billion in developing countries live in poverty; 600 million are extremely poor." Citizens of economically developing countries have no way to generate income, and therefore can not afford food, water, and access to healthcare. Many live in shanties in the slums, and have to trek huge distances just for access to drinkable water. The average lifespan is short due to malnutrition, and many die of diseases which modern healthcare could easily treat if they could afford it. Their position as economically disadvantaged disallows them access to what the UN considers basic human rights, the things most fundamental to the life and existence of a human being. More than 1.3 billion lack access to safe drinking water, more than 800 million have inadequate food supplies, and 1 billion live in the slums. Free market capitalism, which in the economic system that increases the GDP of a nation most rapidly, usually comes with democracy. However, in order to achieve stable democracy, civilian control...
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...Bicycles in the Developing World 1. India is located in southern Asia where it shares borders with Pakistan, China, and Burma. The greater part of the country extends into the sea where it divides the Indian Ocean into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. India is the 7th largest country in the world, with a geographically diverse land mass that exceeds 2.9 million sq. km. The southern portion is covered by the Deccan plateau while in the northern area the Indo-Gangetic plain reaches from the west coast across to the east and bordered in the north by the Himalayas. The population of India is spread across the Indo-Gangetic plain and along the areas bordering the Arabian Sea. India experiences a selection of differing climates that range from tropical in the south, arid deserts in the west, sub-tropical monsoon climate in the east, and temperate in the north. India has the fourth largest coal reserves in the world, along with an abundance of other valuable resources such as iron ore, manganese and bauxite. 2. The economy of India is developing into and open-market economy, which in recent years has been accelerated by a reduction in government control of foreign trade and investment. Due to a large educated English-speaking population, India has developed a growing export market for IT services and software developers. The remainder of the labour force works in agricultural and manufacturing sectors. In 2010, India’s economy rebounded from the global...
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...economic depression before the start of World War 2. Americans were suffering greatly; there was little or no food, and most were jobless especially the minority. America was struggling and no inroads were made in any field whatsoever. The United States had too many problems at home and had no real passion for exerting its influence overseas. It was only with the out break of war did America fully recover from its worst depression in history. The war kick started the economy. A country at war needed supplies; guns, tanks, ships, aircraft, food etc. People were able to find jobs and the economy rose and stabilized. John Maynard Keynes said that it was possible to prevent sharp swings in the business cycle thus preventing another depression through monetary and fiscal manipulation. This theory by Keynes was a lesson the American government learnt and the United States was able to maintain its economic power after the war. With economic power came military power. During the war America was able to advance technologically in nearly all fields. Planes were build that traveled longer distances and thus kick starting the aviation industry. Penicillin was invented, trucks carried heavier loads, new industries sprung up and peoples were richer and America became a powerhouse technologically and economically. This power enabled the US government to exert its influences over much of the western world. The Allies were not doing too well during World War 2 and it only started winning after...
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...Analyze the main causes of cancer in the developing world. Introduction: Cancer has becoming a main reason of death throughout the world, especially for developing countries with poor conditions which do not have a complete health system. Furthermore, it also causes the highest economic loss among all diseases. It has been reported by the American Cancer Society and LiveStrong (2010) that approximately 7.6 million mortality of cancer was reckoned and an economic loss of $895 billion was taken by it universally in 2008. In addition, it is projected that the aggregate amount of cases of cancer in developing countries will rise by 73% within 2000 and 2020. (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2005) These shows cancer is a disease bringing out a huge burden to the society. This is unaffordable if this situation remains. Below are causes of cancer in economic, environmental, social and personal aspect respectively. Economic: There are mainly two economic factors leading to cancer. The first reason is the poverty problem of countries. It is reported by Marmot, M. (2005) that poverty is harmful to health since it mainly leads to the problems of having unclean water and unhealthy diet of these places. Especially for developing nations, an enormous number of children died annually due to the lack of clean water and sufficient hygiene. (INCTR, 2013) In addition, it has been reported by INCTR (2013) that governments are not willing to invest and provide funds in the health...
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...Paula Bent Research Paper 12/19/2010 The Global AIDS crisis and Health Care in the Developing World The global epidemic of HIV/AIDS is rapidly becoming the worst infectious-disease catastrophe in recorded history, surpassing the bubonic plague of the fourteenth century and the influenza epidemic of 1917, each of which killed some 20 million people. (1) The HIV/AIDS epidemic, first identified in 1981, remains among the greatest threats to global health. (2) AIDS has an unprecedented impact on the economy and society because it kills so many adults in the prime of their working lives; it decimates the workforce, impoverishes families, and shreds communities. To summarize, in the worst affected areas it is actually reversing the development gains made over the last four decades. In many cases the disease threatens to eliminate around twenty percent of the workforce. AIDS has an overwhelming impact on developing economies because, unlike other diseases, it kills young and middle-aged adults who are often healthy and productive members of society. In sub-Saharan Africa and many other regions in the world, more women than ever before are living with HIV/AIDS. Further research that reflects the voices of these women is essential. (5). Because of this epidemic both adds to companies' labor costs and slows growth rates in many developing economies. The disease is shared by the developing world where eighty-five percent of AIDS cases are present in the world’s poorer countries...
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...Issue 1, pp. 49-65. The Internet in developing countries: a medium of economic, cultural and political domination Abdulkafi Albirini University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA ABSTRACT The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented diffusion of network technologies into developing countries. The technological discourse attending this diffusion has presented the new media as a utopian, egalitarian and empowering tool with the potential of ushering in a new era of development, democracy, and positive cultural change. This paper examines the economic, cultural, and political effects of the Internet within the historical context of developing countries. The paper traces the politically-inspired evolution of the Internet, its transfer into developing countries, and the economic, cultural, and political consequences of this transfer. Existing data indicate that the implementation of the Internet in most developing countries has served as a drain to the local resources, thus exacerbating their economic dependency on foreign nations. On a cultural level, the Internet’s predominantly Western design, content, and language have facilitated the proliferation of alien cultural patterns at the expense of the social experiences of the local cultures. Lastly, the Internet’s build-in tracking capabilities and its current manipulation for political purposes on international and national levels serves to empower the existing ruling elites in developing countries and perpetuates the disempowerment...
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...Abstract Globalization is the buzzword of today. Globalization means bringing the world together, making the world interactive and effective. The economies of the world are being increasingly integrated. It is very debatable issue since it affects every single human being in this earth and plays a major role in every second and in every issue of the entire universe. Mobile phones and Internet have brought people closer. The world is becoming a smaller place. It brings the local market and the global market in a bond which creates new ideas and thoughts to both the market. Goods, which were once confined to western countries, are available across the globe. Work can be outsourced to any part of the world that has an Internet connection. Because of improvements in traffic infrastructure one is able to reach one’s destination in a relatively short span of time. This paper clearly speaks about the impact of globalization and the challenges faced by it in the world. It speaks about the impact in developed and developing countries of the world. Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 5 Definition of Globalization 5 Globalization trend in the past golden years 5 CHAPTER 2 8 Positive impact of Globalization 8 Challenges faced due to Globalization 9 Comparison between Benefits and Challenges 11 CHAPTER 3 13 Impact on developed countries 13 Impact on developing countries 14 Conclusion 15 Case Study 15 References 16 CHAPTER 1 Definition of Globalization As a term globalization...
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...teyj tyj tyj ty j tyj t yj etyjyjerj Overall, the United Nations has estimated that while developed nations give about $50 billion a year in foreign aid to the developing world, agricultural subsidies cost producers in the developing world some $50 billion in lost export revenues, effectively canceling out the effect of the aid. As one UN official has noted, “It’s no good building up roads, clinics, and infrastructure in poor areas if you don’t give them access to markets and engines for growth.” Similarly, Oxfam has taken the unusual position for a charity of coming out strongly in support of the elimination of agricultural subsidies and price supports to developing world producers. By increasing world prices and shifting production from high-cost, protected producers in Europe and America to lower-cost producers in the developing world, Oxfam claims that consumers in rich nations would benefit from lower domestic prices and the elimination of taxes required to pay for the subsidies, while producers in the developing world would gain from fairer competition, expanded markets, and higher world prices. In the long run, the greater economic growth that would occur in agriculturally dependent developing nations would be to everyone’s benefit. Although subsidies have been against the spirit of World Trade Organization rules, under the terms of a 1995 “peace agreement” WTO members agreed not to take each other to court over agricultural subsidies. However, that agreement...
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...Developing Countries Many people confuse the term of developing nation and third world country. Some countries have a more developed economic system, but that does not mean it is a third world country. Other people try to use these terms as a ranking scheme for the states of developing countries according to the One World Nations page. The web page dictionary.com describes a third world country as “country is a country in which the predominant culture and society is made up of mostly minority groups and where poverty is abundant”. The only difference between a developing country and a third world country is the ability or the chance the country has to come up from the economic instability they are in. An example of a developing country is Mexico. Mexico has been struggling for a long time already to come up from that developing phase. Many people might think that Mexico is not one of the many developing countries, but it is. Mexico has the six characteristics that define a developing country the first one being low levels of living standards. During the mid-90s, there was a huge problem with the indigenous people that still live in Oaxaca Mexico. The Mexican government wanted to take their lands away to build manufacturing companies there. Most of the people that lived there were poor and their only way of creating income was by the form of agriculture which is the second characteristic of developing countries. They did not receive much help from the government for their schools...
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...Abstract Developing countries can generate effective solutions for today’s global health challenges. This paper reviews relevant literature to construct the case for international cooperation, and in particular, developed-developing country partnerships. Standard database and web-based searches were conducted for publications in English between 1990 and 2010. Studies containing full or partial data relating to international cooperation between developed and developing countries were retained for further analysis. Of 227 articles retained through initial screening, 65 were included in the final analysis. The results were two-fold: some articles pointed to intangible benefits accrued by developed country partners, but the majority of information pointed to developing country innovations that can potentially inform health systems in developed countries. This information spanned all six WHO health system components. Ten key health areas where developed countries have the most to learn from the developing world were identified and include, rural health service delivery; skills substitution; decentralisation of management; creative problem-solving; education in communicable disease control; innovation in mobile phone use; low technology simulation training; local product manufacture; health financing; and social entrepreneurship. While there are no guarantees that innovations from developing country experiences can effectively transfer to developed countries, combined developed-developing...
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...Romans would import salt and spices while exporting musical instruments and art to the eastern part of the world. It has helped shape the society we currently live in. Globalization also plays a part in influencing change in cultures, lifestyles and values. From afar, globalization would seem to have a heavily positive effect on the world we live in today, but not everything is what it seems. Indeed, the concept of globalization raises many questions and controversial issues. The globalists argue that globalization is a positive development as it will give rise to new industries and more jobs in developing countries. Meanwhile, the anti-globalists state that globalization is negative in that it will force poorer countries of the world to do whatever the big developed countries tell them to do. Both ends of the argument have valid points, but for the sake of argument, I look further into the adverse. One issue is that developed countries, like Canada, are the ones losing out because they are involved in outsourcing many of the manufacturing jobs that were previously done by their own citizens. Outsourcing involves obtaining goods by contract from outside sources. An example of outsourcing is when technical help services are being provided by India for electronic products that are North American made. This is also why we may find many of our clothes with labels from developing countries such as Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines, where they can be produced at lower costs. The...
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...The World Trade Organization has not produced efficient results to stabilize developing 3rd world countries and have demonized developed nations by regulating them in order to help undeveloped nations. Globalization and the World Trade Organization are connected because globalization is done through the growth of free or less restricted trading in goods, services, technology, and capital. Now with that being the case, the developed countries have less restricted markets to trade goods, they have more advanced technology, and most significantly they have a tremendous amount more capital. The World Trade Organization was initially designed in order help developing nations fight off the regulations such as trade barriers and subsidies which are linked to the concerns about the unfair nature of trading rules and the non existence of level playing fields which burden the developing nations. The World Trade Organization has only further burdened nations that actually benefit from globalization for instance China. The WTO has enforced policies that have restricted the role of private businesses in China’s economic development. Unfortunately for developing nations the minor enforcements from the WTO on developed nations has really hurt the developing nations because the WTO has not prevented ambiguous rules on concluding trade agreements that allow the developing nations to be manipulated by the rich states. Africa has been forced to remove tariffs on up to 90% of their trade because...
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