In the article, "The Noble Feat of Nike," by Johan Norberg, he pointed out that after 10 years, a Vietnamese worker who worked for Nike could finally afford to purchased a car (188). ... For example, in the article, "Negative and Positive Effects of Globalization for Developing Country Business," author Don Mcccubbrey, mentions that the GDP of East Asia increased 8 times more than ever before. ... He mentions that since Tsi-Chi works for Nike, she gets 5 times wage than before. ... He mentions that the local factory owner after visited Nike knows how to improve his factory ...

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Another shocking statistic published by UNICEF is about 90 million children would have died before the age of 5 if mortality rate had stuck to1990's level. ... They also help inmate mothers by giving them vocational training so that after coming out of prison, they can get fair job and take care of their children on their own in healthy and safe environment. ... After that I returned back to the United States. Before my departure, we had a get-together of all the children, staffs, volunteers and some of the former inmate's mother. ...

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After viewing the pictures of families in Kuwait and Albania then gathering a variety of statistics one can determine a lot about their lifestyles and countries status of developed or developing. ... For every one thousand babies born nine die before they have reached their first birthday in Kuwait. In Albania twelve out of every one thousand die before they are one year of age. ... After gathering multiple statistics and viewing the pictures of the Kuwait and Albanian families and their belongings one can determine that Kuwait is a developed country because of the advanced technology, s...

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1. The average annual rate of population growth in countries such as Norway, the UK, and New Zealand is less than 1.0 per cent. In Australia, the USA and Canada the average annual rate of urban population growth is 1 to 2.4 per cent. Many countries in Africa have rates of more than 7.5 per cent. No ...

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But, maybe the last phase of globalisation, which began after the election of Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan, gives the better definition of this phenomenon: the free market. ... Moreover, developed countries had a lot of time to adjust their economies to imports of agricultural products and textiles while developing countries were pressured to open their boarders immediately to the West after the decolonisation. ... After the First World War, the IMF had the mission to create an economic stability for a world that suffered of the war but after several years its goal changed and the mos...

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During such period, agricultural and industrial activities were not clearly differentiated (Koga, 1968) and many people not only worked in farming but they also generated extra business to get extra earnings while utilising spare labour after farming hours (Hunter, 2008). ... With reference to Hunter (2008), "traditional industry " indicates the type of industry in which production methods is usually in form of handicraft, become known in both pre-industrial time and even after as a continuation during the development of capital-intensive industrialisation. ... Globalisation After putting the ...

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After the independence war against the Dutch, led by Sukarno, the idea of using the military to administer and develop the vast nation was formulated. ... Sukarno was one of the leaders of the Bandung Conference in the mid fifties that brought together newly-independent Third World nations for the first time, in order to reject the Cold War, started by Churchill after World War II. ... After Suharto assumed the presidency, inflation was brought under control through 'belt-tightening' measures. ... After the Second World War, the only viable economy left in the world was the Americ...

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The Future of Chinese Cities Two weeks ago, I went back to my hometown Tianjin. After I got off the train, I caught on a bus. On the way to home, I found that the majority of the former one-story houses have disappeared. The billboards there said there will be several high buildings instead. Nowada...

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It is widely believed that the concept of Buy Local has particularly become popular after major retailers such as Whole Foods, Wal-Mart and Tesco realized that they need to differentiate their services from mainstream food stores by identifying exclusively local sources for the products they sell from their stores. ... Most of the food produce is harvested at least 3-7 days before it is put up on shelves in supermarkets. ...

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After much deliberation the Chinese leaders opted for an intensive programme of birth control during the 1970's in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. ... Although China experienced a population problem in both rural and urban areas this is not the same for all the developing countries across the world so it must be examined what problems occur before we assess the viability of any population policy. ...

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After World War II, real estate capitalism boomed due to its economic capability. ... "If an action might cause severe or irreversible harm to complex systems where consequences are unpredictable, the burden of proof should fall on industry to show that potentially toxic chemicals are safe before releasing them into the environment" (Langston 43). ...

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Children in these countries are twelve times more likely to die before they reach the age of five. ... Developing countries are dependent on foreign aid when they first receive it but after that they use the money and resources received to grow and sustain their own countries and people. ...

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These countries are said to be able to undergo the initial stages of underdevelopment and other countries are modeling themselves after the western world in capitalism and democracy. ... Although this is a step towards progress "balance of economy and social values are the basis on the way to change: economical, social, and political change which is necessary before the next step: the take-off itself. ...

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Emerging Markets Index of Morgan Stanley's consists of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. Some of the Developing countries are known as the emerging markets. Their contribution to the global economy is increasing at a fast pace. Investing in emerging markets is a wise decision as the growth can be witnessed and also have better return on investment for future. It is anticipated that Emerging economies will mature two to three times more rapidly than develop...

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Lingering questions of the Earth Summit, held shortly after the end of the Cold War in Rio, June 1992, still persist as a result of discord and reluctance among nations. ... According to Pires Corbyn, Director of Weather Action, the climate average has been rising since the 1940's, before human-caused emission of greenhouse gas started. ...

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After an earthquake when the damages are severe, the chances of working are minimum. ... Since several criteria often steer to conflicting conclusions, it is necessary in each case to identify the nature of the United States and Canada's interests in particular country before trying to evaluate an aid program. ...

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As for transport, their feet do all the work, often without adequate footwear to embrace the rough and dry surfaces, leaving them with badly worn and torn feet, they have no pain killers or warm soapy baths to relieve the pain, even bandages can be out of their price range; there is nothing they can do but keep on walking, without the aid of their feet they would lose the prime ability to survive, having to rely on others to look after them as there would be little medicine available to ease the pain. ...

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The World Bank and the International Monetary fund (IMF) are both international institutions created at the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 to help reconstruct Europe after the Second World War. ... An example that confirms this can be found in Cambodia, a country that in 1999 spent $12.1 Dollars per capita on debt servicing yet, between 1990-1998 it spent only $17 Dollars per capita on health and on in five children died before the age of five during the same period. ...

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