In 2011, it was ranked 92 in the UN Human Development, which is a higher rating than any other country in South Asia, and therefore grouped in the high human development category. ... Many hotels were developed or expanded especially along the western coastline and in cities near popular attractions. ... Sri Lanka boasts having a lower percentage of its population below the official poverty line in comparison to other South Asia countries that is an average of 15.2 percent between the years 2000 and 2009. ... The current Sri Lanka government would prefer describing their policies based upon th...

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Poverty affects most developing countries because of lack of job opportunities, and the countries do not have means to resolve the issue. ... The developing nations have failed to allow the foreign currencies in their countries making it difficult to compete with the developed countries. The developed nations would continue getting wealthy while the developing countries remain the poverty state. ... The issue of globalization intends to help improve the countries develop as a block but with the current state there is still differences across the world making it difficult to get rid of povert...

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In most countries, developed or developing, women face discriminatory bias in access to proper healthcare. It is more pronounced in less developed countries or in what we call "Third World" countries. ... Since women in many developing countries are not in a position to make decisions politically or earn money from working. ... The effect on developing countries through international policies and repayment programs cause governments to be unable to take care of their citizens. ... In conclusion, the health of women still has a long way to go in developing countries. ...

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Lives as good as those of sick stray dogs in our developed metropolitan areas. ... This is blatant genocide of massive proportions, we are killing these fellow human beings by turning our backs and closing our already ignorant and blind eyes and fattening our already overflowed wallets For these developing countries, hunger is still a major problem. ... U.S. aid is mostly bilateral, it mostly goes directly from the U.S. to another country to raise the standard of living and enables developing country to buy American products. ... Recognizing that more than 1 billion people are livin...

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The following essay will begin by defining the concept of ODA, followed by a critical analysis of both potential benefits and costs that the less-developed nations have to experience to their socio-economic development through the reception and dependence of ODA. ... Consequently, it is rather difficult for the less-developed countries to call for international investments. ... These failures have raised many controversies about the comprehensive effectiveness of ODA, and what really lies under the initial goal of promoting economic growth among less-developed countries has been questioned a...

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The functional aspects of inequality are more severe in developing countries, because if low-incomes are distributed unequally, the effects of inequality on aggregate economic performance are stronger. ... In developing countries capital-intensive technology is appropriate only in the relatively small industrial sector, while it is not applicable in the agricultural sector, because alternatively a large number of people that work in the rural sector will become unemployed. ... Another reason why inequality is associated with economic growth in low-income countries is the fact that governme...

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The countries I'll be evaluating are Nigeria, Ethiopia, and India these three targeted countries are considered third world due to the countries GDP (Gross domestic product). ... The more 'developed' a country is, the more money it is capable of making. So in talking about poor countries, we are talking about Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDC), as some poor countries may not actually be developing, but standing still or even decreasing. ... The Geographical location plays a dominant role in why third world countries are third world. ... A quality education will he...

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The worst effects of food commodity price spikes are experienced by people in developing countries. ... Most of the costs that developed countries face are happening after the food leaves the farm: manufacturing, transportation, food retail and profit. So even if world commodity prices double, they have a much smaller effect in developed countries. However, in developing countries, a double in the price of the commodity literally translates to double to cost for the same amount of rice. ... If anything, it is the banks of the developed countries that are the cause of the crisis, and thus it sh...

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Many countries, though, are not so fortunate. ... Tropical countries tend to have poorer health conditions than countries in temperate climate zones. ... Shipping over water is often best suited for the bulky, low-value-added goods that developing countries tend to produce. ... If we are to ever overcome this problem, global organizations must help less developed countries to become more globalized. ... If national governments cannot find a way to assist one another in today's global economy, eventually the whole world may begin to feel the stress that these less developed countries h...

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Poverty reduction and ultimately eradication is a central concern for developing countries and developed counties alike. ... However, considering the trillions in foreign aid that have been poured into developing countries the results have been disappointing. ... International financial organizations and institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also play a role in getting funds to developing countries in the form of loans and grants. ... Both still believe that aid can benefit poor countries (John, Storr 128). ... However, this does n...

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Shortly after Columbus discovered America, in the early 1500s, Spain invaded what is now South America and attacked the Incas, Mayas and Aztecs who had civilized and developed cultures. ... About 805 million people in the world do not have enough food to live a healthy, active life which is about 1 in 9 people and 791 million of those people live in "developing" countries. ... It will not happen overnight, but if developed countries struggling with debt were to reevaluate their priorities from a moral standpoint, they might find some to be spared. ... In 2015, the World Bank estimate...

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A Third World Nation or Country is a developing country, for example: Ethiopia could be considered a Third World Country. ... There are seven main reasons why poor countries can't provide food for their people: 1) The demand for exports: Wealthy countries demand products like coffee, sugar, lumber, and grains from poor countries. ... For example, a wealthy country might give a poor country money, but require the poor country to use the money to build roads, bridges, and airports. This in no way helps the poor country provide food for its people. 4) Debt payments and conditions: Most poor ...

• Word Count: 1980
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Although in recent years there has been a noticeable improvement in the prevalence of malnutrition, it is still a serious issue in many developing countries. As of 2013, malnutrition affects on average 32.5% of the children younger than 5 in developing countries, which is about everyone out of three children. ... Throughout history, Bolivia has been consistently known for being one of the poorest countries in Latin America and the world. ... From a geographical point of view, the country's location in the tropics combined with dramatic variations in climate results in a wide range of ec...

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People in the country use others for their benefit and profit. ... Human trafficking is a crime that occurs in other countries to foreign country. ... Women and children from developing countries, and from weak parts of society in developed countries, are decoyed by promises of decent employment into leaving their homes and travelling to what they consider will be a better life. ... Sex trafficking victims develop disgrace from what they have done, self-blame from bring brainwashed by the owners, reliance on the pimp, and hopelessness. ... Calculate trafficking in precise origin and destinatio...

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The victims are from over 127 countries, so the issue is truly global. The pattern of the trade of humans is usually from developing (third world countries) to developed countries ( first world countries). ... Countries in this tier are subject to potential non-humanitarian and non-trade sanctions. ... These issues can be closely linked with the countries in tier two watch list and tier three countries. ... Underlying all of the economic drivers of human trafficking is not that people are particularly vulnerable to be trafficked but that there is high demand for cheap labour, services and comm...

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One may wonder how this can be living in a country were it seems so much food is wasted everyday. ... The environment, of course, is the major element in the production of food in most countries across the globe. ... Malnutrition hits hardest on the children because they are still growing and developing immunities to disease and developing strong healthy bodies. ... The four-point plan, the first major plan for the third world country soon followed the Marshall Plan and provided support to small technical assistance projects for a number of developing nations.13 Since the Marshall Plan in the ...

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Hardin uses the metaphor of the lifeboat, which can only hold a certain number of people, as an example to claim that a developed nation with too many people will suffer difficult situations because of the limited resources of its land. ... Hardin also provides statistics that the rate of increased population in undeveloped nations is more than two times the rate of the developed nations to indicate the effect of this huge proportion will be a greater difference in living condition between the rich and the poor. ... Hardin ends up saying if we want save our world we should let weak countries f...

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Others saw it as a great way to expand production cheaply and to help developing countries grow. ... By building huge factories to produce the textiles in poverty stricken countries they bring a whole new income for the people and country. ... There are many different opinions when it come to the use of textile sweatshops in other countries. ... Developing countries need large sources of income to help them grow and become more stable. These large factories bring that source of income and help not only the people but the entire country. ...

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As humans, we have developed civilizations and have made ungodly technological advancements. ... Weiner visited many countries as part of a quest to discover the true meaning of happiness. ... Weiner took note of the contrasting social and economic status of two particular countries, Switzerland and Moldova. While each country varies tremendously in terms of their wealth and development, Weiner was skeptical about the levels of happiness of the citizens in each country. Do the traditionally wealthy and advanced Swiss live happier lives than those who live in far-less developed Moldova? ...

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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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Despite most of us believing the ideology that we are supreme beings, many of us are at risk of developing a serious illness. ... Thankfully though, we are a MEDC (More Economically Developed Country.) ... Large and powerful transactional corporations (TNC"S) set up businesses in countries where they know they will be supplied with millions of people who have no choice but to be there silenced slaves; working long hours, in appalling, inhumane conditions on outrageous wages, making a mockery out of basic labor rights. ... When exporting to rich countries, producers in poor countries pay tariff...

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This may be true for most of the countries whose gross domestic product makes them attain the status of developed societies, but in case of low-level income nations it is not entirely possible for the respective governments to pursue totally home grown policies. ... Society It is but natural that the economy of a country has a deep impact on its social structure. ... To deal with situation such as this, many government of the underdeveloped nations have resolved to hear the advice of international forums such as the World Bank and Group of 8 developed countries; this means the introduction ...

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In his most recent book entitled The Life You Can Save Singer argues that it is the fortunate citizens of developed countries responsibility to provide financial aid to the extremely poor people in the Third World. ... He claims that they have harmed the poor because they are ruining natural resources that developing and third world countries need to make advances. ... Industrialized fishing by countries like China, Russia and several European ones have emptied the sea of all its fish thus causing little fishermen and people that build boats in the surrounding Third World countries unemployed ...

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The economic growth rate during the last fifty years has averaged five percent annually- a feat achieved by very few countries in the world, but almost all social indicator are below the average for the low income developing countries. ... ROLE OF BANKS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Pakistan was one of the few developing countries that had achieved an average growth rate of over 5 percent over a four decade period ending 1980. ... Social indicators are worse than other countries with comparable income. The country was turned into one of the heavily indebted countries and was declared as one of t...

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Plumpy'nut was created to combat malnutrition in children in under developed countries. ... This patent prevents other countries and organizations from producing the peanut paste. ... Andre Briend created Plumpy Nut to increase the availability of a nutritional product for children in order to treat and prevent malnutrition in developing countries (Nutriset, an Overview). ... Underdeveloped countries depend on Nutriset as a source of food for its children. ... Nutriset already has franchise companies in other countries. ...

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