often happens in under-developed countries which are referred to as ‘the Third World’. According to World Poverty by Justin Healey‚ absolute poverty kills over eight million lives every year and it remains as one of the global issues that has greatly impacted our society throughout history. The causes‚ effects and solutions of absolute poverty will all be discussed in this essay. There are many reasons as to the causes of absolute poverty. Colonialism‚ war and conflicts‚ education‚ empowerment
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Running head: THE PHILIPPINES’ AND THEIR THIRD WORLD STATUS The Philippines’ and their 3rd World Status Latrice Jones Professor Davis 27 CT 2012 The Philippines’ and their Third World Status The country that I have chosen to research is the Philippines‚ by definition a third world country is the underdeveloped nations of the world‚ especially those with widespread poverty‚ the group of developing nations‚ especially of Asia and
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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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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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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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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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Hunger is a serious question that affects many countries in the world‚ especially in developing countries. A recent report states that “925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries.”(FAO‚2010) “Hunger is not just the need to eat; but can be defined as “the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite‚ [or] the exhausted condition caused by want of food” (Oxford English Dictionary)‚ which means a continuing deprivation in
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A new form of cinema or third world cinema main goal is to challenge the power structure and in due course increase social consciousness. Social consciousness focuses specifically‚ on creating a rational thinking within society by incorporating politics‚ a sense of nationalism‚ and a wide range of ideologies. This intricate cinema wants to “organically” reveal the reality of what’s going on as well as educate the individual living in this society. In relation to Cuba‚ it educates by demonstrating
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The Good‚ Bad‚ And Ugly Side Of Globalization For most of the period since World War II‚ globalization posted steady increases. But today‚ we find ourselves in an age of ambiguity. Some exult about “hyper globalization‚” 1. With one source predicting that global flows could triple by 2025. 2. But others worry that the “age of globalization” that defined the last few decades may have ended and started going into reverse. This ambiguity adds to the importance of measuring globalization. GLOBALIZATION:
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