Case Study 4: Nigeria State capacity refers to the degree to which a state is able to successfully and efficiently carry out its designated responsibilities and provide high quality goods and services. A characteristic of many less developed countries is that they are lacking in state capacity. This can occur for a number of reasons, though most often it transpires due to fragility in one or more of the state characteristics identified by political economist Max Weber. These characteristics,…
losses in many developed countries. Secondly, We have to mention about the effect of globalization of the…
emergence of the United States into the technological advanced. The World’s Fair was built on the shore of Lake Michigan where the exposition consisted of neo-classical structures, followed by various entertainments including exhibitions from foreign countries and cultures. The World’s Fair had a Midway where the area signified amusement displaying exotic dances and…
selected is a very fresh ad that just came out after the Olympic games. It opens with a girl in her youthful years holding a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge singing the anthem of another country while gazing out into the vast open sea. She commences singing an anthem, soon afterward, the scene shifts and jumps over into another country with another person singing a different anthem. Each anthem comes with a new location which is different from the home of the anthem. At the end of the advertisement,…
food taste better but also you are having a great time with your friends and/or family. Furthermore, the poverty stricken country of Cambodia made me recognize my appreciation of the food I consume. In Cambodia , I see starving kids search for food in the garbage, sometimes going days without food or even looking for food for their parents or sibling. Cambodia is such a poor country that to survive you need to work twice as hard to earn a living, causing some people to forget about education due…
treatment are involved in nations since the post World War II period (Holmes 2003). The efforts of increasing fair trade practices and gaining the balance of similar multilateral trade rights and obligations for all nations in developed and developing countries become a prominent challenge (Khor 1999). The major change is observed in the trade policies of developing nations since 1980s, period due to rapid industrialization and increase in multinational corporations’ expansion to developing…
These countries need to focus on growth policies. Like India’s most recent development plan has 2 main goals to achieve. One is enhancing economic growth and making growth more inclusive. These countries need to make policies that helps them do proper utilization of the resources they have in their nation like human resources, natural resources and other. Income levels is one of the major indicator of economic growth. In other words, Lower income implies low standard of living which affects both…
About two thirds of the WTO’s 162 members are developing countries. They play a progressively essential and active role in the WTO because of their numbers, because they are becoming more important in the global economy, and because they increasingly consider trade as a vital tool in their development attempt. Developing countries have different views and concerns towards WTO negotiations, and one of those is the skepticism on the fairness in WTO’s regulations. Global economic integration…
Within about half a century, the economic development of various major regions on this planet have seen tumultuous change not yet seen in the past millenniums, with overall positive result. This of course came from policies after the second World War which include reduction of global trade restrictions, more open international diplomacy, and increased telecommunications; which can be summed up as a process called globalization. By these means, here has also come several externalities which were…
The variety of issues that the United States has faced over the last two decades forced the country to focus on its own economic recovery. The United States saw a significant economic turnaround after shifting its focus from “global policeman” to domestic issues. During this period, the United States retook its position as the preeminent world power, recapturing the highest GDP and balancing the national deficit. While the United States scaled back its foreign assistance, states began to fail,…