...settlements of a country. Consequently, cities are growing significantly in size and number with the continuation of mass migration. At the start of the 20th century only about 17.8% of the entire population of a third world country lived in a city, but today the proportion of urban and rural dwellers is approximately equal, in-fact today 3 Billion of the world’s population are urban residents, accounting for half the world’s population at the rate of a 180,000 people moving into cities each day (60 Million a year). It is projected that at this rate many of the cities in developing regions of the world such as Africa and Asia may double in size to compensate to this process. Rapid urbanization has presented a series of issues in the third world and has thus been a leading factor in shaping third world politics. Urbanization in the third world has drastically increased by as much as 50% over the last century. For instance Bangladesh has an urbanization rate of 3.5% resulting in 27% of the country’s population being urban settlers; which has been on the rise over the past century from a mere 1.1% urbanization rate. Urbanization was in part the result of population increase, both due to natural causes and immigration. This has been a common characteristic with third world urbanization. Drastic increases with urban populations with drops in rural populations, the process can be attributed into two categories of...
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...Economic Development of Third World Countries Abstract The paper examines social and economic issues relating to the development of Third World countries. The emphasis is placed on five major challenges the underdeveloped and developing nations face on their way to economic growth and prosperity. The report discuses overpopulation problem and also questions the effectiveness of foreign aid. Moreover, it provides information on impact of information technology, as well as addresses the issue of lack of economic diversification. Finally, it explains causes and consequences of corruption on economic growth. Keywords: Third World, development, overpopulation, foreign aid, technology, diversification, corruption Table of Contents Abstract2 Introduction4 Brief history4 Classifications4 From Third World to First World6 Issues7 Population growth7 Foreign aid8 Information technology11 Economic diversification12 Corruption13 Conclusions16 References18 Economic Development of Third World Countries History The end of the World War II brought into being a number of new nations in Asia and Africa, which gained independence from colonial rule and were given a title of “Third World”. The term was created by French demographer Alfred Sauvy and was originally intended to distinguish newly emerged states from the Western industrialized nations and from those that formed the former Soviet bloc (Prachi, 2011). Today the designation is used to describe the developing...
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...Felica Key ENC 91 James Wright 12 March 2013 Feeding the Third World Country The American Food Aid, Feed the Children and Food for Peace are just some of the organizations the United States have that are dedicated to feeding our third world countries. The United States feeds 10,000+ family’s in Africa alone. Have you turned on the T.V. lately and seen those heart jerking commercials asking for just pennies a day to feed children in other countries? Just giving up pennies a day, $7 a month or $50 a year seems so easy to do and you wouldn’t miss that money anyway right? But should you? Feed the children is one of the most popular charity organizations in the United States. This charity was created by Reverend Larry Jones in 1979. The Oklahoma City headquarters buzzed with activity After the Haiti earthquake, as donors sent in a million dollars in cash. According to CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, most donors have no idea about the nasty accusations that is tearing apart the billion-dollar a year charity. Millions of donators ask themselves one simple question, where does my money really go? Do we want to give charities the benefit of the doubt that they are indeed honest? Do we hope that the hard earned money we give out of our pockets really go straight to those poor suffering? Those whom are moved by the sad and desperate TV commercials asking for our help would be appalled to find out, only 10% of the money they donate actually goes to those suffering...
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...The difference between a city in the U.S. and a village in a third world country are night and day. Many of the advancements that we carry here in the U.S. lack in third world villages. For example, advancements of technology, luxuries, environment, and even day to day social life. One might be lead to believe that the city life is better than village life. However there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life. City life is more comfortable and offer more opportunities for people to progress. There are a lot of facilities for people in the city and they have more opportunities to establish monetary funds for themselves. Children living in the city can get a higher education, because there are better overall schools in a city as oppose to a village. When a person becomes sick there are both public and private hospitals to recieve treatment from. People in the city have better transport facilities compared to a village. In the city there is electricity, highway, communication, telecommunication, plumbing and sewage. All of these things make a comfortable and enjoyable life for people living in the city. Although living in the city has many advantages there are a few disadvantages as well. Living in the city can be very costly and overpopulated, which can leave you feeling clustered. The environment is polluted with dust, smoke, garbage and dioxide gases from factories. The crime rate is substantial as oppose to the village therefore, many thefts...
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...technological world, we should be striving to find a way to at least make the basic modern day technologies available to those who need it most. Imagine waking up every day and not being able to reach over and check your phone for missed messages, or even being able to turn on your light to see what you are doing. We don’t think about how fortunate we are to have those “luxuries”. For 3 billion people, this is reality, no phones, no internet, no communication. When you wake up the first thing you do is check your phone, believe it or not 4.4 Billion people still do not have access to Modern day technology. As a Digital Native, I believe this needs to change, not because they are missing out, but because it can be a matter of life or death. Despite the rapid spread of technology, only 1.16 Billion people have a working phone line. That means 6.14 Billion people do not have a way to call for help. For example if the people of Haiti did not have cell phones when they were hit by the massive earthquake, they would not have gotten the help they needed as quickly as they did. Many people have heard about the Ebola virus that swept across Africa and the sub- Saharan dessert areas, because many of the villages that were severely affected by the disease did not have active phone lines, they could not reach out to get medical help. Instead many had to walk anywhere between 10-50 miles to the closest doctor. Places like the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the WHO (World Health Organizations)...
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...ESSAY: IMPROVING FIRE SERVICES IMAGE IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: THE NEED FOR CHANGE (By VIRGILUS. AKAMA.ONYEKA) There has always been something peculiar about the Fire Services in the so called third worls countries. Those of us who are older in the profession know about developments which have taken place in the past 10 years in these countries. It is very clear that generally, the image is far from good. Clichés abound. After troubling era underdevelopment of the fire service and the accompanying years of change that hurled the professional cultural furniture around and turned much of it to junk, we today are apt to think longingly of continuous changes. The purpose of this essay is not to run down the fire service of these countries. But I intend to advocate the type of commitment to change that saw the civilised world through its journey to (if you like) “professional paradise”. The consistency of the unfanciful image of the fire service today raises two related questions. Why is the situation so reminiscent in these countries? How accurate is it, that the image is at the lowest ebb? And if so, how could this be redeemed? It is my intension in this essay to try and answer some of these questions. Before answering these questions, it is pertinent to enunciate some of the reasons for prolonged underdevelopment of the fire services of the third world. This is not to undermine the changes that are taking place today in some brigades, notably in India...
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...Often times people in first world countries take advantage or take for granted in what they have, and they sometimes don't realize what it's like to live in other countries. A third world country is a place will extreme poverty, there is a lack of resources, and often there is much violence. Places like Afghanistan, Sudan, Cuba, and Africa are all examples of third world countries. In most parts in Sudan there is no running water and very little food. Children as young as six have to walk miles to find a resource of water. When they find the water they have to carry buckets to the water source and carry it back to where they are living. This water they have often carry bacteria that can get them sick and could potentially...
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...How appropriate is it to describe the Caribbean as a third world region The concept of “third world” often bears the implication or gives the broader picture of a ranking or categorical system of which the world’s countries or regions are placed. Certainly, the impression is given that there is a first and second world, though such terms are hardly mentioned. To some, it is an undesirable term or concept, and many shun from the notion of their country being referred to as third world territory; perhaps that is why the term “developing” or “underdeveloped” country is preferred. Nevertheless, the concept certainly attempts to stratify countries or territories based on some common characteristics and many of the world’s countries are categorized in that bracket, even the Caribbean region. But what constitutes third world? Should the Caribbean region be even considered third world? The Caribbean is a very diverse region divided within two groups based on location, namely; the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles. There are a total of 30 countries, all which share a similar or common heritage but there are also some stark differences as well, in areas such as; geography, resources, culture and population. The diversity in Caribbean culture and heritage comes from the its rich history dating all the way back to the late 15th century, when the islands were occupied and fought over by various European countries and native Amerindians, who it is believed to have first...
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...“Is the term ‘the Third World’ Still Relevant in the Twenty-First Century?” As the global political and economic situation has changed greatly in the past few decades, there have been hot debates on whether the term “the Third World” is still relevant today. In my opinion, the term “the Third World” is no longer relevant in the twenty-first century. The term “the Third World” emerged in the special historical background of the Cold War, and experienced an evolution of meaning throughout the second half of the 20th century. Created by Alfred Sauvy in 1952, it was firstly used to distinguish the newly independent states from the First World and the Second World, which meant the Capitalist world led by the US and the Socialist world led by the USSR. The two superpowers competed to impose their ideology and development path on the Third World countries to strengthen their power. However, the Third World countries tried to keep away from the East-West rivalry, cooperate in a non-aligned way and seek a “third path”. As the Cold War went to its late period, the meaning of “the Third World” shifted its stress from political to economic classification, taking the mainly economically-defined meaning of “poor” countries. Since then, the international political and economic environment has been further changed, and the term “the Third World” is no longer relevant now for the following reasons. Firstly, the disparity among the current so-called “Third World countries” is so big that...
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...act of excusing heavily indebted countries from all or part of their unsustainable debt. The last 50 years have seen external debt emerging as a long term structural problem hampering the economies of many less developed and developing countries. Latin America owes £365 billion in debts to other countries and banks (36 per cent of what it produces - its Gross National Product), while sub-Saharan Africa owes £140 billion (83 per cent of its total GNP). This means that repayments to western creditors take priority and ordinary people suffer. As such, ramifications of such contentious issue have fuelled debate deliberating cancellation as the antidote for third world prolonged undeveloped affliction. Arguments in favour of forgiveness would be examined in theoretical perspective utilizing dependency theory analysis The world is faced with an attack of capital against labour of imperialist countries against all of the periphery populations. Dependency analysis postulates an exploitative exchange between opposing groups on the basis of maximizing capital and profits. With consideration upon this, such exploitative nature has emanated itself into the context of loans lent to undeveloped countries under the pretext of it elucidating the development problematique where it is only another mechanism of exploitation and the perpetual expansion of profits and securing of interests of core imperialist states. One of the main supporting claims for cancellation concerns mismanaged lending...
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...‘Is famine/starvation the result of natural catastrophes or man-made? Analyze the root causes of food insecurity in the following two countries: Bangladesh and Niger.’ Food, water, clothing, education and shelter are the basic needs for all human being. As a citizen of world’s one of the poorest country, Bangladesh, I want to explore and understand the significance of famine and starvation and how it is related with food insecurity. The paper will also study the origin of food insecurity and investigate the causes. I have chosen to research on Bangladesh and Niger, two of the low-ranked on United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI) countries. Hundreds of millions of people, concentrated toward children and elderly, are suffering due to famine and experts are expecting this number to grow if adequate measures are not taken to prevent it. Sub-Sahara African nations are mostly the victims of extreme cases of famine but other continents also have some impacts. For instance, South Asian countries heavily depend on monsoon rain that makes them vulnerable to crop failure. On the man-made side, government instability and policies also play a big role. The after effects of such event could also lead to economic failure of the population. Countries with uncontrolled population, for instance Bangladesh and India, also suffer from extreme form of malnutrition and hunger as it becomes day by day difficult to produce adequate food for local citizens. In such cases, government asks for...
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...“Third World” and African women in the Western Discourse: The notion of “global sisterhood” [1] implies that all women all over the world share the same problems, oppressions and priorities. “First World” women’s writing on women from the “Third World” has enriched the quality and quantity of the literature in Gender Studies. They have opened new epistemological horizons led mainly by “Third world” writers. One of the main critiques of the dominant discourse, which mainly has been produced by western, white and middle class scholars is it’s not just for the sake of feminism, epistemology and humanism concerns, nevertheless, it was to elaborate on the differences among the “us” – a superior western culture – and “them”, the backward and primitive culture of the “Third World” countries (Walley, C.J 1997:409). This discourse introduces women of the “Third World” as consistent group within context, apart from their class and ethnicity. The consequence of such understanding of “Third World” women within the western discourse is characterising these women as “subjects” or “phenomena” out of the economic, legal, social, and religious and kinship structures of their communities, (Chandra Talpade, Mohanty. 1988: 78 – 80). Furthermore, “Third world women” have been presented based on their gender therefore secondary to men, and as being from the “Third World” and therefore secondary to the first world, thus they were considered ignorant, poor, domestic, victimized and tradition-bound...
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...alternative (Krasny, 2012). The allegations of non-ethical marketing practices led to boycotts of Nestlé products, beginning in 1977, in the United States and Europe: some boycotts continue to this day (Facebook, 2012). The criticisms, public outcry, and attention from social activists resulted in Senate Hearings in the United States and meetings by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1981). The result was a new set of marketing rules, introduced in 1981,that restricted the promotion of baby formula (WHO, 1981). These restrictions are outlined in the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (WHO, 1981). The aim of the code is to “ensure the proper use of breast milk substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution” (International Lactation Consultant Association, 2001). When you consider the corporate marketing practices uncovered in the Nestlé scandal, one can see that a corporation’s vision must go beyond profits, and consider business ethics, motivation, perception, and conformity, and business ethics as key success factors in a world that has embraced corporate social responsibility. Business Ethics - Nestlé Business ethics are the values and behaviors that companies uphold and exhibit in carrying out their everyday business (Gruble, 2011). Business ethics require companies to act in an ethical manner and be...
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...Assignment 2: Poverty and Pollution Case Study Mustafa Ismail Professor Jane Osburn BUS 309-Business Ethics March 05, 2013 The paper will explore the issues that are associated with poverty and pollution. The first section of the paper will explain the ethical implications of businesses polluting in third world countries. The second portion discusses why businesses disregard standards of pollution control while conducting operations in third world countries. The middle portion will explain how pollution is the price of progress and why human beings have the moral right to a livable environment. The final sections will explain why wealthy nations should not have the obligation to provide poorer nations with greener industries and the sources of energy and propose a plan for uniform global pollution control standards. Determine the ethical implications of businesses polluting in a third world country. Explain. First let’s give the definition of ethics. According to Lamb, Hair & McDaniel (2013) “ethics refers to the moral principles or values that generally govern the conduct of an individual or group” (p. 35). The ethical implications of businesses polluting in third world countries is whether to obey the moral laws that a person knows is right or to make money. Some businesses would rather act unethically and make money than to take responsibility for damaging people, land, animals, and other things. Another ethical implication is abide by the rule that regulate polluting...
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...Fair Trade is Not a Realistic Trading System For fair trade to work in a global world economy a lot of change must take place. These changes aren’t small either. One of its biggest obstacles is free trade. That in itself is a monumental task in changing the mind set of big businesses and in some cases entire countries, especially third world countries. Free trade in a global economy only allows those with the power to determine what kind of compensation and benefits the employee will receive. Such is the case in third world ands communist countries where the government dictates the values. To change this, businesses that trade with these countries for goods and services must insist on fair trade. For the global economy to embrace fair trade, which means that the work you put in, and the goods and services that you are acquiring, must come from a source that is trading fairly with its farmers and manufacturing companies. There is no way that this is going to happen in a company that operates in a third world country. The governments in those countries are the ones setting the standards, brutalizing businesses to the point where they have to lie to protect themselves and say yes, they are getting fair trade for their goods, when it is not true. Then there are the countries that have embraced capitalism and with capitalism comes free trade. Free trade is not free for most businesses and farmers. Free trade is exploitive by nature, where companies and countries will make the biggest...
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