... . The reason why this crisis will not be the main focus of my attention despite the fact that it had devastating consequences and led the 1980's to become known in Latin America as "the lost decade" because of the severe deterioration of economic growth and quality of life that it suffered is that the crisis is no longer a significant international phenomenon given ... an IMF and World Bank approved poverty reduction programme (Dagdeviren and Weeks 2001, p. 3). There was concern that the initiative was using inappropriate debt sustainability criteria based on the experience of Latin Amer...

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... countries are considered underdeveloped or developing countries. But for the sake of this essay, I will only be discussing Marxism theory and apply it to a small country located in Central America, Guatemala. It important to understand why according to Marxism Guatemala is underdeveloped country. There are many theories discussed by scholars in determining why a country is consideration is underdeveloped. A ... and not to mention the gap between the indigenous and the urbanization. Lets first discuss some background information on Guatemala, as mentioned previously it's a small country ...

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... (e.g. rural regions in Japan, Spain, Scandinavia, the United States) aims to supply for the limited luxury markets to create employment and retain traditional technology while in developing countries (like Africa, Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East), traditional handicrafts is major export products to cater consumers in either other developing countries or higher value markets. Tourism works as a complementary ... ...

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... became one of the important concepts in the  theory of modernization  in  social evolutionism. The book was later criticized when it was proven unable to be applied in places like Latin America and Africa. 3. Main Assumption on Development The term modernization theory refers to a theory which states that development in developing worlds can be attained through following the processes of development that ... ...

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... in the late 19th century. The effectiveness of development that whether it leads to the progress, economically, politically or socially is open to interpretation. Development in the West and North America has been steady and successful. Example could be taken from industrial revolution in the UK in relation to development has progressed further the transformation of manufacturing into science- based activity ... situation is very depressing especially, in the cases of Chad, Ghana and Zambia. There have not been the improvements in living standards which have become apparent in many Asia...

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