In the world 1995 ,there are still huge differences
between rich and poor developed and less
developed countries . But why ? Who is to
blame ?What can we do about it? Many things
have been tied out to solve the problems, but it
does it work? It seems bizarre that we modern
intelligent people have not yet succeeded to get
rid of the differences between DCs (developed
countries) and LCDs (less developed countries).
We try don’t we? Every year we grant 2% of our
Gross National Product GNP to foreign aid to get
a better standard of living (better agriculture,
more and better schools and hospitals, access to
health personnel, medicines, etc).
On the other hand is our “standard of living” the
best for LCDs and the one we should impose on
them? For instance , what is the point of giving
of giving complex machinery like tractors and
harvesters which need expensive fuel and
maintenance to people who have harvested their
crops by manpower of hundred of years? We
know for a fact that the money we grant is not
being used adequately. A lot of the money is
taken by the government of the less developed
countries and a great amount of the sum are not
being used to the purposes they are meant for .
Bribery and corruption are huge problems in
developing countries. It was more sense to dig
wells for people who walk for miles every day to
get their daily water supply than to support
officials with BMWs and grand houses.
The World Bank was established and a large
amount of capital was poured in despite of the
fact that the Third World lacked the level of
infrastructure , the economic and social
background the skilled personnel to Europe. The
failure of this model of economic development to
produce economic well being and growth for most
Third World countries is due to number of factor.
These factors include the concentration of
economic resources in the hands of the rich and
of unrepresentative government the exclusion of
the large majority of affected populations from
economic decision making and the integration of
southern economies in an international market
where they cannot compete equitably.
The Industrialized countries are still holding the
less developed countries down. It’s the DCs who
decide coffee- tea and sugar – prices and
consequently exercise indirect control of the
countries economy . We also protect ourselves
with high import taxes and low import-quotas.
Increasing protectionism in Northern markets shut
off some Third World exports while at the same
time the increased export of some natural
resources lumber from forest , for example
created the conditions for rapid environmental
destruction. At the same time a major debt crises
developed particularly among those countries in
the south that were producing primarily for
Northern markets.
As 1990s began popular movements that included
farmers ,workers ,women environmentalists and
community groups in the south were challenging
the adjustment policies and large scale projects
that were ruining the poor and the environment .
The goal for these groups is sustainable
development .In Africa there are established with
help from among other countries , Norway, mobile
doctors , who visit villages and remote places on
regular basis. This way of co operating with the
host –countries has proved to be the best way of
“helping” the developing countries to develop in
their own pace and their “Third World” way.
I guess this is what have kept the Third World
countries under developed for such a long time :
That we have imposed on them OUR development
with its flaws, disrespect for nature and other
countries and other cultures and the greediness
which threatens to ruin the balance of our
environment.
between rich and poor developed and less
developed countries . But why ? Who is to
blame ?What can we do about it? Many things
have been tied out to solve the problems, but it
does it work? It seems bizarre that we modern
intelligent people have not yet succeeded to get
rid of the differences between DCs (developed
countries) and LCDs (less developed countries).
We try don’t we? Every year we grant 2% of our
Gross National Product GNP to foreign aid to get
a better standard of living (better agriculture,
more and better schools and hospitals, access to
health personnel, medicines, etc).
On the other hand is our “standard of living” the
best for LCDs and the one we should impose on
them? For instance , what is the point of giving
of giving complex machinery like tractors and
harvesters which need expensive fuel and
maintenance to people who have harvested their
crops by manpower of hundred of years? We
know for a fact that the money we grant is not
being used adequately. A lot of the money is
taken by the government of the less developed
countries and a great amount of the sum are not
being used to the purposes they are meant for .
Bribery and corruption are huge problems in
developing countries. It was more sense to dig
wells for people who walk for miles every day to
get their daily water supply than to support
officials with BMWs and grand houses.
The World Bank was established and a large
amount of capital was poured in despite of the
fact that the Third World lacked the level of
infrastructure , the economic and social
background the skilled personnel to Europe. The
failure of this model of economic development to
produce economic well being and growth for most
Third World countries is due to number of factor.
These factors include the concentration of
economic resources in the hands of the rich and
of unrepresentative government the exclusion of
the large majority of affected populations from
economic decision making and the integration of
southern economies in an international market
where they cannot compete equitably.
The Industrialized countries are still holding the
less developed countries down. It’s the DCs who
decide coffee- tea and sugar – prices and
consequently exercise indirect control of the
countries economy . We also protect ourselves
with high import taxes and low import-quotas.
Increasing protectionism in Northern markets shut
off some Third World exports while at the same
time the increased export of some natural
resources lumber from forest , for example
created the conditions for rapid environmental
destruction. At the same time a major debt crises
developed particularly among those countries in
the south that were producing primarily for
Northern markets.
As 1990s began popular movements that included
farmers ,workers ,women environmentalists and
community groups in the south were challenging
the adjustment policies and large scale projects
that were ruining the poor and the environment .
The goal for these groups is sustainable
development .In Africa there are established with
help from among other countries , Norway, mobile
doctors , who visit villages and remote places on
regular basis. This way of co operating with the
host –countries has proved to be the best way of
“helping” the developing countries to develop in
their own pace and their “Third World” way.
I guess this is what have kept the Third World
countries under developed for such a long time :
That we have imposed on them OUR development
with its flaws, disrespect for nature and other
countries and other cultures and the greediness
which threatens to ruin the balance of our
environment.
