Need for World Development
The World Divided- Introduction
The world is divided into two sections in the view of many. The rich,
prosperous North Hemisphere and the suffering, poor Southern
Hemisphere. This divide is a product of greed and taking the advantage
of a less financially stable country, and so many have realised that
to end this unfairness there is a need for development in third world
countries. I will now explain why there is a need for world
development and examine and explain some of the causes.
What's Going Wrong? - The Problems & Effects Third World Countries
Experience
WAR-
War contributes heavily to the need for world development because it
often sets it back. A war can cause many kinds of damage. It can
destroy, kill, maim and cause no end of emotional damage. It can also
cause knock-on economic effects on other countries that are close and
prevent them from developing too. Refugees moving from a country at
War are also problematic to developing countries as lots of Refugees
take a lot of money to be cared for, and that money may be needed to
pay off debt etc.
DEBT-
Debt is a continuous problem because it is like war preventing
development in many ways. The main offender though is interest. This
means that developed countries charge a poorer country for burrowing
money, and in the time it takes for the poorer country to pay back the
interest as well as the original debt, they may have paid the original
sum back multiple times over. This can slow development down for
decades.
NATURAL DISASTERS-
Natural Disasters can take development back further then even a fierce
war. They can ruin buildings that could aid development (i.e.
Hospitals, Schools etc.) and they can kill many people who call also
aid development (i.e. Builders, Doctors, Teachers etc). The damage
they cause is horrific and reparations can cost insane amounts of
money. This will also encourage debt, which will further hinder
development.
The following case study critiques Upton’s vision to establish a sustainable community through implementing comprehensive sustainable strategy. The urban periphery development is thought to demonstrate superior execution of sustainable principles in development (Jackson 2007). As a parallel, the report focuses on the development of Upton’s design code and demonstrates how large -scale mix-use developments can incorporate sustainable practice and principles of urban growth.
... aid across the world. As we have established that we do have an obligation to redistribute globally in a cosmopolitan perspective, distributing wealth however we may need to rethink what the best assistance is. Amaryta Sen conveys that before sending aid to the third world state, we would need to fully understand the limitation of freedom in the country. Redistributing wealth to global countries requires it to be evaluated by the economic shortage that they are suffering and to see whether it will be efficient in the long run. The more effective ways to contribute would be to international relief agencies or NGO’s that would pursue international development projects to help those in poverty or the alternative option by Tom Campbell’s idea of a ‘Global humanitarian levy’ which suggests a more appropriate taxation on all citizens to collectively aid those in need.
When considered, it turns out to be that all the foreign aid combined is such a
illiteracy to corruption. The United States, the wealthiest nation on Earth, has the widest gap
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Nearly 50,000 people, including 30,000 children, die each day due to poverty-related problems and preventable disease in underdeveloped Countries. That doesn’t include the other millions of people who are infected with AIDS and other incurable diseases. Especially those living in Sub-Saharan Africa (70%), or “the Third-World,” and while we fight to finish our homework, children in Africa fight to survive without food, or clean water. During the next few paragraphs I will give proof that poverty and disease are the two greatest challenges facing under developed countries.
Society: They also invest huge amount of money to deliver potable water, empower women in developing countries, and others charitable contribution throughout the world to make it a better place.
If these developed countries continue to prejudge underdeveloped countries by wealth or other conditions, when people are faced with serious problems in society, these problems become global. By helping each other, all countries offer hope and compassion, and share new knowledge with each other. Therefore, people all over the world suffer less, because they know they are not alone.
“…increasing international trade and financial flows since the Second World War have fostered sustained economic growth over the long term in the world’s high-income states. Some with idle incomes have prospered as well, but low-income economies generally have not made significant gains. The growing world economy has not produced balanced, healthy economic growth in the poorer states. Instead, the cycle of underdevelopment more aptly describes their plight. In the context of weak economies, the negative effects of international trade and foreign investments have been devastating. Issues of trade and currency values preoccupy the economic policies of states with low-income economies even more than those with high incomes because the downturns are far more debilitating.1”
In this every day changing world, many of us are living in a comfortable home,
In the year 2000 the United Nations set out a goal to stop hunger poverty and unfair living to people of the world not just the United States. This idea was called the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Upon taking on a task such as this the UN wanted to break down goals in sections of eight to better categorize them to use every resource they had to make this plan possible. Not every catgeroy had the same plan put in place and for that exact reason these goals where not something to be done over night, hence how the name of the idea started with millennium. The UN has also been known for their work to gather its members and countries as one to work to accomplish its goals of maintaining peace and security, they wanted to protect human rights by providing humanitarian assistance, and assisting economic and social development throught the world. This gives us a better idea of what MDG project is for and how it was created.
More so than ever, we live in a global society. Nations exchange with relative freedom their thoughts, concepts and materials like never before. In this age of transition, there are far fewer restrictions and boundaries, and it appears that this will only improve in the future. Throughout the world, the access to information and thought has become uninhibited, with nearly instantaneous access to data from around the globe. Of course, the technological world is not the only realm influenced by the sphere of globalization. Today, the term globalization engenders economic interdependence, the political structure, rapid transit, and wide scale communication. Still, localization is a formidable presence, and it must be recognized as such.
...m having an authoritarian leader even if he is trying to help the country grow. Also, the authors don’t believe in foreign aid and they explain that usually only 10% actually reaches the helpless. However, even if only 1% of the intended aid was going to the actual recipients, than that would still be an accomplishment over nothing.
In order to address the claim that we live in a global world, there are key factors that we must consider. The factors included in this essay are: the effect of globalisation on the different cultures spread throughout the world, the effect that globalisation has had on our national governments, and more negative effects such as how globalisation has allowed for a larger emergence of suicide terrorism. There are three main thought processes surrounding globalisation, and these are the ideas of the hyperglobalisers, the transformationalists, and the sceptics. Hyperglobalisers would suggest that as a result of globalisation, governments and national bodies are losing their authority, and that we have entered a new era. Transformationalists’ views
The World as a Global Village The term "Global Village" refers to the widening and deepening of the