A Third World Country is a term used for developing countries‚ and least developed countries. These countries are economically underdeveloped. Characteristics of a third world country are poverty‚ agriculture economy‚ disease‚ high birth and infant mortality rates‚ over population‚ poor infrastructure‚ unstable governments‚ no health care‚ environmental problems‚ non educated‚ starvation‚ and death. Those characteristics are the first thing that comes to someone’s mind about a third world country
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What is the Third World Debt Crisis? Many developing countries have very large debts‚ and the amount of money they owe is quickly increasing. Trying to pay off the debt (debt service) has become a serious problem for these countries‚ and it causes great hardship for their people. Take the region of Sub-Saharan Africa‚ for example. This region pays $10 billion every year in debt service. That is about 4 times as much money as the countries in the region spend on health care and education.
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Sweatshops Sweatshops play a major role in third world countries. More than 150 million people work in these sweatshops in developing countries. Most of these sweatshop workers are children between the ages of 5 and 14. Many sweatshops are focused on the manufacturing of clothing. Several of these clothing facilities are located most commonly in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ and parts of Europe. Large companies such as Nike and GAP have been discovered to use sweatshops. Although sweatshop
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young children to educate themselves throughout their lives‚ but schools in third world countries do not have this opportunity. The third world education system needs first world help. However‚ the first world is not fulfilling their global responsibilities to help these countries. Children in third world counties‚ such as Haiti and Papa New Guinea‚ deserve a better education and more support. Education in the third world faces challenges‚ because of the lack of resources‚ making the schools struggle
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Is Third World Immigration a Threat to America’s Way of Life? Many people from third world countries leave to seek a better life for them and most of all their children. They can be moving away from war‚ religious‚ gender‚ economic‚ and educational oppression. America was developed off immigration and it was and still is the land off freedom and opportunity. People from third world countries look to the United States as a light of hope. What is really the American way of life? To me that would just
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Fr. A. Fogarty‚ S.J. Catholic Social Ethics 5C 12 December 2005 Ethiopia‚ What a Country The dictionary states that a third world country is a developing nation in the midst of Africa‚ Asia‚ or also Latin America. The country of Ethiopia is described as a third world country due to its great poverty rate. This country has a peculiar land layout and is ranked 16th in the world with its population. Ethiopia is a country with interesting cultural ways and rich with historic events. Unfortunately some
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Decolonization and the Rise of the Third World Where the Major factors leading to the first wave of decolonization in the 1950’s and 60’s Contents Page Introduction 2 History and origin of Decolonization 3 The Major factors leading to the first wave of 4 Decolonization in the 1950’s and 60’s Conclusion Bibliography
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The impact that the Crusades had on the Western world was that the Crusaders learn’t how to build better castle’s and more advanced war techniques. Another thing the Crusaders brought back to the western world was science and medicine‚ they also learn’t the arabic number system and made calculations a lot easier to do. They were also taught about were the Muslim world went to and in return taught them that the world was a lot bigger then what they thought it was. They had many different fruit‚ spices
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Helping poor people is ethical behavior and everyone should do it in order to continue our lives. Every year‚ there are millions of people at risk of going hungry. There are ways people can end poverty all around the world. People can eliminate poverty if we work together to fight it and avoid selfishness. Rich countries often give financial aid to poor countries‚ but it does not solve poverty. People always say they feel sorry for poor people and the rich love them‚ but they never do their part
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Poverty is an increasing problem in our world today. A report by the National Welfare found that 17.2 percent of Canadians live below the poverty line in 1998. It is however‚ measured differently in developing and developed countries. People who struggle financially in countries like Canada or even the United States‚ when compared to people living in third world countries are considered above the poverty line. Income at developing countries falls at less than one dollar per person a day‚ which led
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