participate to help the patients in the third world countries. I could not forget the photos from her lecture‚ especially the one with all the washed surgical gloves hanging outside to be ready for reuse. It is lucky to live in a wealthy country. People may feel it is normal to throw out anything they don’t need‚ including the medical device and equipment. Though I feel a little pity to see the way we deal with “trash”‚ I didn’t realize that the patients in the third world country may need that. Thanks to
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both countries whether they are the providers or the receivers because not only are the two countries forming a bond and an allegiance‚ they are helping the world progress towards equality of nations. Although equality will most likely never be achieved between all countries foreign aid is a great start to the development process for third world countries. However‚ for foreign aid to really be beneficial the money must go to factors that affect the people like health care‚ unemployment‚ and education
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developed country. Modernization affects the development of a Third World Country by helping them become self-sufficient economically‚ politically and socially. One of the issues with Third World Countries is their education. Not everyone has access to an education and basic things such as being able to read and write are luxuries. Education is something that the wealthy have access to in these underdeveloped countries. "Third World poverty tends to correlate with poor social conditions such as
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about what stood out to me‚ all quotations used for emphasis are from The myth of the continents: A critique of metageography (University of California Press: 1997). The very first thing we are taught about how the world is divided- before classifying it as first‚ second and third world or even simply North‚ East‚ West and South- is that it is divided into different continents. These different continents are then associated with different problems‚ cultures‚ and histories amoung other things. This
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Nestlé and their ethical violations/their lack of ethics Nestlé S.A. is Swiss multinational food and beverage company which has its headquarters in Vevey‚ Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world. They have around 330‚000 employees in over 150 countries and has 468 factories in 86 different countries around the globe. Their products include baby food‚ bottled water‚ breakfast cereals‚ coffee‚ confectionery‚ dairy products‚ ice cream‚ pet foods‚ and snacks. 29 of Nestlé’s brands have
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institutions first came into existence in the early 1800’s and were referred to as dwelling houses‚ which were local factories that generally had the same idea of the sweatshop that we have in today’s society. There are major benefits for corporations and third world countries with sweatshops as they bring in huge profits and provide employment for millions of people without a job‚ which ultimately drive down the unemployment rate. It’s been interesting researching the benefits and disadvantages of sweatshops
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The war‚ which have already been the third world war‚ is finally over. What was left behind is our fallen world‚ nothing but ruined cities‚ crops burned to ashes‚ and pain in the living. In an old museum‚ there are two people wandering around to find a place to pass the night‚ that is me and a 5-year-old girl. After the war‚ as a consequence of deadly weapon and bomb‚ weather becomes extremely severe‚ which causes the temperature falls sharply when the night comes. I can still bear this cold but
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Background information on the authors Daron Acemoglu A professor of Applied Economics at M.I.T.‚ Daron Acemoglu is among the “20 most cited economists in the world.” (Daron). Acemoglu is describe as hot as an economists gets. He has received the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal. Acemoglu is the co-author‚ with Harvard ’s James Robinson‚ of the New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail‚ which‚ like Jared Diamond ’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ is a major work of historical‚ political and cultural
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Why are Some Countries Richer than Others? Poverty is still the biggest problem the world faces from day to day. Every country suffers from it to some degree‚ however certain places are greater effected than others. This is because the level of economic growth differs from country to country. The greater amount of growth the less room there is for poverty. This is simple reason why some countries are richer than others. If countries fail to move forward than it can present many problems. Mainly
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Malnutrition is common in third world countries. For example‚ blindness due to vitamin A deficiency is a common problem in third world countries. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Institute for Plant Sciences have created a strain of "golden" rice containing an unusually high content of vitamin A. Since this rice was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation‚ a non-profit organization‚ the Institute hopes to offer the golden rice seed free to any third world country that requests it
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