Human Development Index

The book Anti Politics machine is a Foucauldian critique in development. James Ferguson describes different stages of development programs that took place in a small landlocked country called Lesotho completely surrounded by South Africa. It has a population of 2 million where 40% of them live below International Poverty line of US . Thaba-Tseka is a district in Lesotho and its capital Camptown is the only town in the district. Same as it is historically and geographically isolated, the Third…

support of my understanding and my beliefs - I do not agree - Globalization is not the same thing as imperialism. While they are somewhat in the same general idea, globalization is an act to make a worldwide integration and with the inclusion of development to level the economic system field – which would make everyone involved equals. The act of globalization has many different aspects which encourage or produce a change within the world in multiple and distinct ways. Included changes are seen…

In addition, however, Article 5 of Annex III to the Convention sought to give binding quality to certain obligations concerning technology transfer. And, in particular, Article 5(3) of Annex III required each deep^ seabed contractor to make available to both the Enterprise and developing countries involved in seabed mining the requisite technology for their operations which the contractor is legally entitled to transfer. Such technology was to be transferred on a fair and reasonable commercial…

even unfortunately more than one, civil war, they double their risks of facing another one; whether the following wars are for the same reasons proposed by the rebellion or not. In reference to conflict and civil war, Collier says, “Civil wars are development in reverse. […] Both economic losses and disease are highly persistent: they do not stop once the fighting stops” (27, 28). The rebels in a civil war are promoting negative, sadist, ideology often times, and are “The young, the uneducated,…

The film, “Maria Full of Grace”, was directed and written by Joshua Marston. (Wikipedia) And it is talking about a Colombia girl Maria taking risks to smuggle drugs into the United States instead of working in the flower industry for domestic subsidies. The whole process is rise and fall. But fortunately, Maria arrived in New York and end the drug trafficking. The method for smuggling is really dangerous because people need to wrap them up and swallow. If people don’t care, drugs will rupture…

sustainable, infrastructure development and a viable health care system. Although the challenges are formidable, solutions do exist at either a beginning phase or a more advanced stage. Let 's begin with one of the most urgent needs: Drinking Water According to various reporting agencies, more…

The impacts of climate change that are of most concern through 2100 are many and will affect societies in all different ways. Sea level rise is one of the greatest as it is a link within a chain reaction. As sea level rises not only will coastal areas be demolished leading to increased financial burdens and the migration of those citizens to move inland, but also smaller island countries will be lost under water and that society will no longer have their home. With the reduction of available…

economic importance of non-traditional activities, merchandise export concentration, handicap of economic smallness, and the percentage of population displaced by natural disasters). 3. Human resource weakness (based on indicators of nutrition, health, education and adult literacy) The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of the…

The idea of colonialism is to take resources from one country to use for the benefit of the colonizing country. There are several viewpoints about colonization and their impacts. Many believe there are numerous advantages of colonization within a country and several are against the infrastructures and hidden political agendas it brings about within the developed country. It is quite evident that Africa was subject to Colonialism by the Europeans. Europeans extended their nation 's sovereignty…

Sub-Saharan Africa is an endlessly revolving door of policy challenges and changes for the United States and other global leaders. Many of the countries in the region gained independence during the 1960s, and development, health, and government organization have been slow in terms of reaching global standards. The area is prone to diseases such as Malaria, HIV, and Ebola, although significant progress has been made in decreasing the number of cases of each of these. Economically, the region has…