NBA Development League

disparity and relationship between countries of Latin America, and the developed nations of North America, As well as other third world nations around the globe. One such theory is dependency. This theory born in the late 1940 's was a counter to the development theory of modernization. At its core dependency theory examines the historical trends of said countries to explain why they fail to compete both economically and socially with others. It is basically the notion that the resources flow…

Developed Countries have a hand to play on the transition of a developing country to a developed one. Apart from the obvious answer of the partnership between the different governments and political parties working as allies for the sake of development, there is also the factor of nonprofit organizations and different universities lending a helping…

inequality can be measured on different scales- not only across but also within countries- what are the implications for how we define and measure development? Answer using both theory and examples The 20th and 21st Century has seen remarkable developments in geography, perhaps most notably around development. As with many topics within the subject, development involves a myriad of complexities and its definition varies temporally and spatially (Willis, 2014). As Fraser (2010) notes, it is…

(Pharmaceutical Journal, 2015) The current development goals are: to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease, environmental sustainability and to develop a global partnership…

does this power reside and what problems come with global governance. Transnational actors such as non-state actors, Non Governmental Organizations, private actors, International Organizations and so on are some of the most influential in terms of development as there is no such thing as a ’Global Government.’ One could say they take the lead role on certain issues. There are many issues in which global governance can cover; laws, regulations, customs, ethical standards and norms such as poverty…

capita income, and although that is very important, economic institutions are often as big of a factor. I’m a strong believe that in order to see sustained increase in development strong political institutions need to be in place. With that being said economic institutions play a huge role in the long-term success of sustained development. In Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom, he argues that economic freedom lead to political freedoms. A modern day example of this is the role businesses and…

According to Miguel Gonzalez’s lecture on environment and development, “each inhabitant of the global north consumes 10 times more energy, 19 times more aluminum, 14 times more paper, 13 times more iron & steel; than someone from the south” (Gonzalez, 2016) However, this does not mean that inhabitants of the global south do not contribute to global depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation. As the essay question highlights, both developed and underdeveloped countries create…

The Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations to pursue pertinent issues that will contribute to the better good of the human race. The first goal of the Millennium Development Goals states the attempt to eradicate hunger and egregious poverty all over the world. In 2009, there were an estimated number of 1.023 billion people all over the globe that suffered from hunger. Developing countries are still making this dilemma a priority. An investment in agriculture could…

has increased enormously since the inception of Title IX over 30 years ago. However, women’s sport still have not reached the size and passion of the fan base that men’s sports draw. There are a number of factors involved that has caused the development of this contrast. These factors include conflicts in the view of American womanhood, fans only accepting athletes who meet the “white beauty queen” standard and athletic competition being seen as being a men’s activity. Before looking at why…

shame and everyone looks down at them after that. Steroids has been a problem since sports ever since athletes first heard about it effects. Every league from the NFL to the NBA is so competitive these days that it is astounding. Any player that’s starts or is on the bench really have some talent in the sport that there in. Playing in any professional league in the US for any sport basically means you could be a starter at any time. It isn’t easy either making a team because it takes years or…