Thar Desert

INTRODUCTION The natural resource curse, a phrase introduced by Auty (1993, 2001), is used to describe the negative relation of a country’s natural resources and its economic success. Natural resources are logically assumed to have a positive effect on a country’s economy. However, there is very little truth in this assumption as is argued in this essay. Many countries of the world are endowed with natural resources such as oil, natural gas, coal and other mineral deposits. These include…

First off, the official language is Portuguese which makes up almost 100 percent of the population. Brazilians have a strong national ideology that their land is a “racial democracy”. As far as the Brazilian class system goes, people with darker skin tend to be economically and socially disadvantaged. Class is determined by economic status and skin color. Women make up forty percent of the workforce but are found with lower paying jobs than males such as teaching, nursing, and jobs with clerical…