Developing country Topics

This short paper touches on some of the reverberations the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Revolution has set off. It is more of a kick start for our discussions than a compressive analysis of the subject. When the Agrarian Revolution took place, no one recognized it as a revolution while it was...

Life used to be simple and beautiful in the villages of Africa. Families lived together peacefully. While parents farmed, grandparents remained at home taking care of their grandchildren. Children played in the sand, while the elderly sat quietly under the trees nearby. Such was life in African villages,...

The most important thing to know about Venezuela is that it is an oil exporting country, the fifth largest in the world, with the largest reserves of conventional oil (light and heavy crude) in the western hemisphere and the largest reserves of non-conventional oil (extra-heavy crude) in the world.
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Discuss the impact of globalisation on developing economies (20) Globalisation is about the processes that have resulted in ever closer links between the world’s economies. Expressed in a more simple way this means developing economies developing closer links through things like trade, investment, production...

Free trade has become one of the most controversial subjects of modern times. Though despite its challenges, the positive role it has been playing in the lives of millions of people around the world is commendable. It gives us access to new foods, products and experiences, and creates economic opportunity...

Nations all over the world spend money on unnecessary buildings, monuments, and useless items that barely contribute to anything that will help the care of poor people that cannot help themselves. These under developed nations are faced with many infections, viruses and malnutrition and hardly anyone is...

The white man’s burden, published originally in magazine McClure’s was written by English short story writer, poet, novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865~1936) who had been an issue and still a talk of the town these days—he was generally known for his tales and poems about British soldiers in India and got the...

As we advance further into the twenty-first century, the phenomenon globalization has been the subject of much debate. Globalization can be defined as the ability to easily transfer goods and services, money, people, and ideas between different countries around the world (Dickerson & Flanagan, 2006). In...

The monetary exchange in most developing countries is unstable due to the high level of inflation and weak currencies. The monetary policy of a country usually is affected by its monetary exchange rate. A country can attempt to engage on a reductive or expansionary monetary policy depending on the amount of...

I believe opportunities exist for companies to reach low income consumers in developing countries with goods that meet their specific needs. Doing so would imply overcoming certain challenges, but would also yield significant benefits both for consumer goods companies and for the poor. In terms of demand,...

As economy develops, the relative importance of different sectors of production changes. Explain, with examples, why the pattern of employment might change as an economy develops. (12) Ways to develop in advanced and backward countries--result of such development How the employment pattern changes throughout...

This is a reaction paper about the “Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities” written by G.B Madison. In which the writer proposed to cast a rapid glance over the multi-faceted phenomenon of globalization in an attempt to discern some of the challenges it poses, as well as some opportunities it offers....

Pakistan Economic and Social Review
Volume XLI, No. 1&2 (2003), pp. 59-75
Abstract. This study has analyzed the volume and determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries of the world. The analysis was based on a sample of 15 developing countries with 5 each from upper middle,...