distinguishes a developing country from a developed country (10mks) ADVICE: All the indicators are examined here with supporting statistics. There won’t be time to include statistics for all the indicators‚ so you’ll include those that you most easily remember). Countries can be classified as developed or developing according to the value of the gross national product (GNP) per capita. A developing country can be distinguished from a developed country by examining indicators such
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rapid developments of countries. While wages and working conditions in the new export industries of the Third World Nations are appalling‚ they have been big improvement over “the previous‚ less visible rural poverty”. This can be attributed to the extension of MNC to Third World Nations and job creation. * Globalization benefits Third World Countries a lot more. The perception is that developed nations use globalization as a means to exploit nations which are under developed. According to the
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The WTO on one side with the developed countries. Developing countries want the right to vote. 2014 In the 21st century‚ trade is the most important element of economic growth and prosperity of each country. Historically established global trade began to develop at the end of World War II with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT‚ 1947) and contributed to the creation of sustainable economic and market relations between countries such as America‚ Australia‚ Europe
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Drama 88 Day 4 The Gap between Developed and Developing Countries The main topic of this week’s reading that stood out to me was The Global Table where Foer shows a glimpse of the status of the all the countries in the world. Foer says that if all the countries were to sit on a table with a seat of nine‚ two would be Chinese‚ two Indians‚ a fifth would be the other countries in Northeast‚ South‚ and Central Asia‚ a sixth would be the nations of Southeast Asia and Oceana‚ a seventh would be sub-Saharan
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Global warming in developed and developing countries If the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru melts continually at its current rate‚ it will leave thousands of people who rely on it for drinking or electricity without the insource. (IPCC‚ 2007report)This phenomenon is attributed to the global warming caused by fossil fuel burning. The United Nations has set a target for the world’s government to integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss
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Responsibility of Citizens in "the Developed Countries" After reading Trask’s book and watching Act of War‚ my impression and view on Hawai’i has totally changed. What I believe now is that people in "the developed countries" have responsibility to know the fact that indigenous people in "the developing countries" have been suffering from the (cultural) imperialism and to use their political and economical power to change the situation that indigenous self-determination and sovereignty are ignored
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The gender pay gap is a very wrong rule that is present in developed countries. Women that are equally trained and educated that have the same experience as men are not getting equal pay. This rule comes with consequence for people. People have tried to close the gap and it is slowly working. The gender pay gap is present in developed countries. In the USA for example‚ if a Man and a Woman attend a university and do the same major and pick the same kind of job on average the woman will earn 82 cents
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An “ideal” health care system is what every country strives for. We will focus on some key factors that need to be addressed in developing an “ideal” model of health care. One of the key factors that need to be addressed is the access to health care. One of the monumental decisions that must be made in any health care system is how much health care will be provided. The number of beds in hospitals‚ and nursing centers must be evaluated. Diagnostic equipment needed and the number of staff including
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“What factors contribute to infant mortality in developed and less developed countries?” “Infant mortality is the number of deaths among live-born infants from birth to under age one” (Sidscenter.org‚ n.d.). According to a National Vital Statistics Report in 2006‚ the leading causes of Infant Mortality in the U.S. were deformities‚ low birth weight‚ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome‚ maternal complications‚ unintentional injuries‚ respiratory distress of the newborn‚ bacterial sepsis‚ neonatal
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ideas between different countries around the world (Dickerson & Flanagan‚ 2006). In their article‚ “The Globalization Backlash‚” Micklethwait and Wooldridge (2001) addresses many of the concerns with globalization. They present their approval for this phenomenon by rejecting various arguments against it‚ stating that‚ in general‚ globalization is beneficial for everyone. This paper‚ on the other hand‚ will argue that as we become globally interconnected‚ developed countries‚ with the help of international
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