No, less developed countries can be just as democratic and free as industrialized wealthy countries. ... In other words, if the country has a low live expectancy it will certainly be poor, for instance, Benin has a life expectancy of 53.8 years and a PPP of $990.00, and India has a life expectancy of 61 years and a PPP of $2,248.00. ... Though several developing countries have high literacy rates and relatively high education spending (% of GNP) Costa Rica 96% and 5%, Mexico 91% and 5%, Philippines 95% and 3%, which is comparable to the USA 100% and 5%; others appear to spend a similar amo...

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Despite that, developed countries can assist them to overcome these problems. ... It is believed that there is no solution for the third world countries" problems, but if the developed countries take action there will be an improvement. For example, the developed countries should establish non-government organizations to pay attention for the serious issues that take place in the third world countries, and attempt to solve them. ... To sum up, the third world countries are suffering from serious problems that affected them badly, but the developed countries have the key to end all these hid...

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Guatemala is a country of contrasts and contradictions. ... And if they are not dealt with the country will not be able improve from their current status quo. ... Although a significant middle class has developed in urban areas, some 40 percent of Guatemalans survive on less than $U.S. 1 per day. ... These people don't really have enough experience to run a country that has just been out of a giant civil war and don't have any idea to bring the country to the top where it should be. ... The people of the country have a freedom of choice and even though the power struggle still cont...

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Governmental and non-governmental organizations are realizing that some countries take precedent over other countries when it comes to human rights. ... These types of statistics are not only found in the developing world. ... The United States is one of these rich countries. ... A recent Optional Protocol raised the age to 18 for the countries that chose to ratify the protocol. ... Militia members conducted a campaign of killing, torture, and destruction throughout the country. ...

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" - Margaret Mead The issue of conflict palm oil is that, through clearing land and forest for production, the industry is a major contributor to global issues such as deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty, and indigenous rights abuses in the countries where it is produced. Indonesia and Malaysia are the main countries affected by this, but, as pressure from environmentalists continues, multinational corporations are being held accountable for the damage caused in these areas and are therefore looking for other countries suitable for palm oil production such ...

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Globalization gives an opportunity to women in developed countries, but leads to social exclusion in developing countries in the sphere of education and in determining the standards of beauty, due to its inconsistency through the world it results in conflicts. ... In developing countries it is even harder to study, due to the widespread poverty and fiscal crisis. ... Standards of beauty has been changed through the years and distributed unequally between developed and developing countries. ... However, the majority of the women in developing countries cannot attain this global trend (Serdar, ...

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This is because the European Union connected many nations (mainly European countries), free trade between countries developed the economy for for many, and internationalism promotes peace, security, self-determination, economic stability, and humanitarianism between nations. ... The creation of the European Union (EU) mainly helped European countries. ... Free trade between countries develop the economy. ... In conclusion, internationalism helped many countries. ... It benefits many as well as it benefits the developed (or developing countries)....

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But it also conclude that 12,000 of the children were working on farms where they seem to have no family and that about 2,500 may have been smuggled into the country for the purposes of working on these farms" (Off 153). ... Economic condition in Africa spiraled down in the post- Second World War period as the empires channeled all resource into rebuilding their own countries. ... The national labor laws of the country set the minimum age at 18 for hazardous work; at 16 for 'light underground work," and 12 for light agricultural work. ... The Africans had been suffered a lot because of...

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Specific problems within these issues include industrialized countries exploit the resources of developing countries, corporations exploit underprivileged people in labor, the outsourcing of jobs, and corporations transforming culture and consumerism. ... The vast disparity in wealth between the upper class and the impoverished, and developed countries and developing is staggering. ... Free trade has in many ways become harmful to developing countries that are prohibited from following the same policies that developed countries once pursued, such as protecting domestic industries until they ca...

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Sexism In Asia Nowadays, luckily sexism is controlled in USA and other developed countries by the law. ... However, in developing countries, especially in Asia, sexism is still a current issue that is not likely to be solved in just a short period of time. ... Furthermore, a minority of educated women had never had any job opportunities in the government in this country. ... They told me that there were not enough jobs for women in their country. ... Reality shows that in China, Vietnam and Nepal, sons rather than daughters are likely to inherit their parents" properties, because it is believ...

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The authors further highlighted that human rights activists, consumers and corporate shareholders raised concern about workers working conditions especially in developing countries. Also, workers rights violations in developing countries together with increased multinational production raise important research and policy question. ... Besides that, it contributed to debate by demontsrtaing that competition for FDI in developing countries should not necessarily result in weaker labor standards in host countries.. ... Influencing host country legal system. ... Biases, it seems its only in develo...

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In some countries rubella epidemics and thalidomide created awareness of the need for legal abortion, and in other countries there was concern about population growth. ... Regardless of the law, abortions are carried out in every country in the world today. World-wide, it is estimated that 50 million abortions occur each year, where more than 1/3 are illegal abortions occuring mainly in developing countries. ... A major problem in countries where abortion is illegal, is maternal deaths. ... One problem that we already have, is that we cannot feed the population we already have today, and every...

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For this reason, there is a high need to change the autocratic form of leadership and policies that are centered on serving the interest of the ruling clique, to adopting governance policies developed from common good of all. ... These values are love of country, serving others, equality, human rights, and preventing crimes against humanity. ... The value of equality helps the leaders and policy makers in a country and in a region to adopt resources sharing policies that are equitable. Some countries around the world like Rwanda have born the blunt of crimes against humanity. ... Poor leader...

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However, in some developing countries this is not the case. The major cause of Gender-Based Violence is the culture and lack of education; it continues to be a problem because in developing countries people don't understand the value of women. ... The reason why Gender-Based Violence still remains a problem is because of the lack of education in these developing countries. Due to the lack of education, citizens living in these developing countries do not understand that living life this way is wrong, and how much women are important. ...

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The gender inequality index ranks countries by considering various factors; out of the 138 countries that have been ranked, Afghanistan is 134th. ... National Perspective The United Arab Emirates is a developing country. It has developed greatly in all aspects, as well as promoting gender equality, resulting in mass immigration from all around the world as expats make up 91% of the total population. ... A comparatively large amount of women are in the labour force (over 15%) and this contributes to the nations GDP, and the nation has developed massively by promoting gender equality. ... My fam...

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These organizations provide proper training and web space to the people of the developing country. ... Both the negative and the positive impacts of globalization on developing cultures have been discussed and give a clear direction to where and how these groups of people can make best use of the internet to sustain their traditions. ... Side noted, globalization creates jobs, hundreds of millions of them, it doesn't create unemployment, these figures are only present in developing countries. ... Countries provide all the human rights concerns they want in these papers, doing so indire...

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The country Haiti carries the tradition of child-slavery. ... A prostitute can make between $200 and $600, depending on her beauty, however, the drugs offered to developing countries for AIDS are far too expensive for these children. ... Homosexuals are targeted by police in countries such as Columbia and El Salvador. ... However, the percentage of countries torturing their citizens has risen each year. ... The culture of impunity still exists in many countries today. ...

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General Accounting Office has developed a working definition of a sweatshop as "an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor, industrial homework, occupational safety and health, workers' compensation, or industry registration."" ... Despite hard-won laws for minimum wage, overtime pay, and occupational safety and health (and even government and industry pledges to crackdown) sweatshops are commonplace in the U.S. garment industry and are spreading rapidly throughout developing countries. ... Logically, the poorer a country is the more exploitable its people are. Labor v...

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The country's low standard of living and low pay invited and promoted foreign investments. ... Although it may be the best way for any developing nations to follow Korea's footsteps, it is quite possible necessary to some extent. ... It is not uncommon for one to find some exploitation of human rights in any developing country. ... They should both develop together in harmony. ...

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However, if you were to take a step back and look at the issue from a logical and more rational point of view, one that encompasses not only the U.S but the entire world, you"d see that even though imperialism did improve American prosperity, it jeopardized the country's moral integrity. To others, Americans were an evil people, a people that were quick to overlook mankind's God given rights and take whatever steps necessary to develop its own culture. ... When I think about US expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, I don't think America was expandin...

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Abstract Abortion is often a topic of controversy in a democratic and free country of America. ... Having a choice is an empowering right that in other countries is often punished by prison time. ... Other countries in the world, seven to be exact have banned any abortions (Padgett, 2014). ... Five out of the seven countries in the world that have made abortion illegal are in Latin America. ... Approximately 48% of all abortions worldwide were unsafe and more than 97% of these are in developing countries. ...

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Child labor: corrosive for its consequences Child labor is a pervasive problem throughout the world, especially in developing countries. ... Child labor may be positive for the economy of a country in short terms, however, in long terms it is considered negative for a country, because it creates an economy based in less educated workers. ... In this country many children are forced by their parents to work in mines. ...

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In such a context, corporal punishment has become a contentious issue to the extent of being fully outlawed in many countries. ... Many countries attended the convention on the rights of Child, and all countries in all continents were represented in a way or two. ... Corporal punishment reinforces appalling behaviors and develops a violent conception as a constructive contrivance in developing minds of children. Moreover, corporate punishment is disruptive and inconsistent way of disciplining children and the way that develops the susceptibilities of teachers instead of emphasizing on the felo...

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While it is important to form an underlying ground that fundamental human rights will be protected, a shareholder can response to my argument by claiming that there are lots of ways to make profits and invest to alleviate human suffering without conflict of interest, then why not other developed countries but subsidize LDC? ... Clearly in this case, with the utilitarian perspective, any drugs that cure a non-scalable disease will not be developed unless there are no other markets or a fair amount of people have contradicted. Recalling the Merck case whether it should invest in producing Ive...

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Some families opt to send their children out of the country to prevent some of these things happening to them. Human Rights Issue # 3- Child Labor The International Labor Organization (ILO) has estimated that 250 million children between the ages of five and fourteen work in developing countries "at least 120 million on a full time basis. ...

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