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    COMPELLING MOTIVE TO DEPENDENCY “Is Third World dependency on First World development‚ practices‚ and funding avoidable?” By Michael John A. San Roque ABS681M G01 Submitted to: Dr. Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier October 9‚ 2012 Countries of the world have been sharply divided along development. Countries that are economically buoyant‚ technologically advanced‚ and politically stable are termed ‘Developed Countries’ or ‘First World’. On the other hand‚ countries that are technically and economically

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    My family and I live in a landfill. We have no money and fight for survival day by day. We live through people’s waste and the things they do not want. We struggle for food and finding a protective shelter. I receive no education a long with the rest of my family. Sleeping night-to-night outside is a struggle. I sleep on a tarp under a number of boxes set up. Mother nature plays a toll on our survival. When it thunderstorms or is below freezing temperatures our life is in danger. I suffer from

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    The next event I attended was the screening of “Landfill Harmonic”. This film was about a group of children and their families who live in The next event I attended was the screening of “Landfill Harmonic”. This film was about a group of children and their families who live in Cateura‚ Paraguay which is basically a landfill for Asuncion. An environmentalist‚ Favio‚ sets out to try to help the environment by educated people about recycling and waste sorting practices. However‚ he ends up starting

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    This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in the original paper which readers can purchase (for $10.00 a copy) from the IMF Publication Services‚ or download from www.imf.org. Paul Gleason prepared the text for this pamphlet.   Rural Poverty in Developing Countries The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve‚ among

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    What is the Third World Debt Crisis? Many developing countries have very large debts‚ and the amount of money they owe is quickly increasing. Trying to pay off the debt (debt service) has become a serious problem for these countries‚ and it causes great hardship for their people. Take the region of Sub-Saharan Africa‚ for example. This region pays $10 billion every year in debt service. That is about 4 times as much money as the countries in the region spend on health care and education.

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    unable to see a doctor because health care is not available‚ and being aloof from education due to the lack of opportunities. Absolute poverty is the worst degree of poverty and it often happens in under-developed countries which are referred to as ‘the Third World’. According to World Poverty by Justin Healey‚ absolute poverty kills over eight million lives every year and it remains as one of the global issues that has greatly impacted our society throughout history. The causes‚ effects and solutions

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    Running head: THE PHILIPPINES’ AND THEIR THIRD WORLD STATUS The Philippines’ and their 3rd World Status Latrice Jones Professor Davis 27 CT 2012 The Philippines’ and their Third World Status The country that I have chosen to research is the Philippines‚ by definition a third world country is the underdeveloped nations of the world‚ especially those with widespread poverty‚ the group of developing nations‚ especially of Asia and

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    The Good‚ Bad‚ And Ugly Side Of Globalization For most of the period since World War II‚ globalization posted steady increases. But today‚ we find ourselves in an age of ambiguity. Some exult about “hyper globalization‚” 1. With one source predicting that global flows could triple by 2025. 2. But others worry that the “age of globalization” that defined the last few decades may have ended and started going into reverse. This ambiguity adds to the importance of measuring globalization. GLOBALIZATION:

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    take great efforts and contributions from all. Canada and the third world are examples of countries which are experiencing poverty‚ yet each differ in different ways. Once seeing the multitudes of condominiums‚ expensive restaurants‚ and streets jammed with cars‚ one would never see Canada as a place suffering from hunger‚ lack of food or clothing. Yet poverty exists. Poverty in Canada cannot be compared to that of a 3rd world country‚ since many of the poor have access to transportation and television

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    Is Third World Immigration a Threat to America’s Way of Life? Many people from third world countries leave to seek a better life for them and most of all their children. They can be moving away from war‚ religious‚ gender‚ economic‚ and educational oppression. America was developed off immigration and it was and still is the land off freedom and opportunity. People from third world countries look to the United States as a light of hope. What is really the American way of life? To me that would just

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