Civilization Development Humans have been on the Earth for more than a million years, but civilization - life in cities - has come about only in the last 5,000. Through history civilizations have rose and fell, carved out of nature, dependent on nature, in the end nature took them back. ...
For example, a car could be designed in Germany, the car's silicon chips made in South Korea and the assembly of larger electronic components done in Malaysia, mechanical parts made in Mexico, the main car assembly done in Eastern Europe and the marketing, distribution and retail responsibilities going back to Germany. ...
According to Gibson-Graham, these examples illustrate that the post-development position that development need not come from a unidirectional path. ... However, using the overseas population, the indentured migrant workers who send back remittances – the Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs) – have taken the lead in become stakeholders in the development of their native communities. ...
