poverty, and fewer resources and opportunities. Urban derllers Military Rural Folks Factory Workers 2. According to Handelmann, an underdeveloped country must become a substantive democracy for it to make progress in development. True False 3. The HDI (Human Development Index) is a measure of which of the following? A country's potential for providing its citizens with personal growth, learning, and productivity A country's ability to provide clean water and sanitary conditions. A composite
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OUTLINE Introduction: The world is divided in five continents. Each one is composed by several countries. A country in a continent is a determinate territory where people live and share same language, traditions, customs, and others such as religion. There are countries that are more developed than others economic, social and politically. These factors give advantages and disadvantages to the population and government of the different countries as well as the different problems that a nation
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The Role of Women in Developing Nations Development has evolved over time, from referring to improving the way of life to expanding freedoms and quality of life as a human being. Development is the right to choose a fulfilling and successful life. It can refer to several societies and areas as developed or developing. Well-developed nations are considered under the idea that many of the individuals possess many of the human rights, such as high literacy rates, high life expectancies, and good
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Characteristics of LDCs Exports of Primary Goods: The primary and agricultural products are the main exports of these countries. The international trade. For example the main exports products of Pakistan are rice, cotton yarn, fish and garments etc. Capital Deficiency: The deficiency of capital in an important feature of developing countries. Therefore they are often called capital poor economies. The shortage of capital is reflected in the very low capital labour ratio in these countries. Over
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS • 1 Types o 1.1 Multilateral development bank o 1.2 Bretton Woods institutions o 1.3 Regional development banks o 1.4 Bilateral development banks and agencies o 1.5 Other regional financial institutions International financial institutions (IFIs) are financial institutions that have been established (or chartered) by more than one country, and hence are subjects ofinternational law. Their owners or shareholders are generally national governments,
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QUESTION: While it is generally agreed that most western industrialized nations have benefited economically from globalisation, the impact on the world’s poorest countries has been negative. Discuss. Currently, globalization is rapidly developing and making a contribution to social progress. It is mainly manifested in politics, economics and culture. Many western industrialized nations get tremendous benefits from globalization. This is mainly displayed in the aspect of market expansion. Because
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Joseph S.Kiria Introduction and Background Proposed research is literally about potentiality of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in achieving strategic objectives envisaged in the national vision development objectives in Tanzania. Study explores the potentiality and sustainability of EPZ as a development strategy in the context of linkage with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its benefits in a competitive environment. An understanding of this subject is important for at least four reasons.Firstly
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Development over Environment: A Pledge to Converse this Trend Introduction The second a child comes on this earth, since that moment he starts developing. For a better and positive development of that child, we proudly implicate for a better and hygienic environment. But in the present scenario, things are a bit different from that of past as yesterday was greener than today. Both development and environment are necessary elements for the survival of a society or a habitat but with the growing or
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Maximizing Foreign Direct Investment for prosperity in Lesser Developed Countries Over the past 30 years foreign direct investment has been a major contributor to economic growth across the globe. FDI inflows reached an all-time high in 2007 at $1.8 trillion with approximately 40% of that amount being invested in less developed countries. The prediction of this inflow into less developed countries was that it would be a wholly positive thing for the host country through resource transfer effects
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producers to plan ahead, or save up in order to build a better life for themselves. Overall the trade patterns in cocoa and the consumption of chocolate have meant that the profit made from the chocolate stay within the MEDC, further widening the development gap between these two groups of countries, as the MEDCs can further develop and the LEDCs struggling to maintain a standard of
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