The Challenge Of The Third World

Author : Howard Handelman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538116677
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenges of the Developing World written by Howard Handelman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges of the Developing World is a lively, up-to-date, and highly readable introduction to the key dynamics and issues of political, economic and social development in the “developing countries” of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Author : Howard Handelman
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Third World Development written by Howard Handelman and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenge of Third World Developmentexamines political, economic, and social change in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Exploring common issues and problems in these regions, this text helps students grasp the structural dynamics and human stories behind democratization, economic growth, poverty, global warming, ethnic conflict, women’s changing roles, and more. Accessibly written for students of political science, sociology, or anthropology,The Challenge of Third World Developmentimmerses readers in developing countries’ ongoing dilemmas, their global implications, and individual, national, and international responses.

Author : Howard Handelman
Publisher : Pearson Educacion
ISBN 13 : 9780205870943
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Third World Development written by Howard Handelman and published by Pearson Educacion. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exploration of the political, economic and social issues that face diverse Third World countries, Howard Handelman examines the nature of underdevelopment and discusses explanatory theories of redevelopment.

Author : Norman L. Hicks
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1456766317
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Economic Development written by Norman L. Hicks and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a general overview of the challenges of economic development for the five billion people living in developing countries. While they constitute over 80 percent of the world's population, they account for only 40% of the world's output, and are home to 2.6 billion people living on less than $2.00 per day. Thinking on economic development has shifted over time. Early theories that stressed capital formation and a heavy reliance on the public sector proved inadequate. Gradually, economists began to see that development was a complex, multifaceted problem that combined economic issues with problems of poverty and income distribution, insititution building and governance. While there have been many failures, there have also been many successes. Countries such as China, Chile, Ghana, and Korea demonstrate that good policies and strong institutions can result in remarkable progress. However, many poor countries, particularly those in Africa continue to lag behind. Closing this gap remains a major challenge for the world, particularly as the growing population and output of developing countries accelerate tensions in such areas as trade, immigration and financial flows.

Author : Gregg A. Brazinsky
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469631717
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winning the Third World written by Gregg A. Brazinsky and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning the Third World examines afresh the intense and enduring rivalry between the United States and China during the Cold War. Gregg A. Brazinsky shows how both nations fought vigorously to establish their influence in newly independent African and Asian countries. By playing a leadership role in Asia and Africa, China hoped to regain its status in world affairs, but Americans feared that China's history as a nonwhite, anticolonial nation would make it an even more dangerous threat in the postcolonial world than the Soviet Union. Drawing on a broad array of new archival materials from China and the United States, Brazinsky demonstrates that disrupting China's efforts to elevate its stature became an important motive behind Washington's use of both hard and soft power in the "Global South." Presenting a detailed narrative of the diplomatic, economic, and cultural competition between Beijing and Washington, Brazinsky offers an important new window for understanding the impact of the Cold War on the Third World. With China's growing involvement in Asia and Africa in the twenty-first century, this impressive new work of international history has an undeniable relevance to contemporary world affairs and policy making.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309166837
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reducing Birth Defects written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-10-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of children and families in developing countries by preventing some birth defects and reducing the consequences of others. A number of developing countries with more comprehensive health care systems are making significant progress in the prevention and care of birth defects. In many other developing countries, however, policymakers have limited knowledge of the negative impact of birth defects and are largely unaware of the affordable and effective interventions available to reduce the impact of certain conditions. Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World includes descriptions of successful programs and presents a plan of action to address critical gaps in the understanding, prevention, and treatment of birth defects in developing countries. This study also recommends capacity building, priority research, and institutional and global efforts to reduce the incidence and impact of birth defects in developing countries.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The challenge of the third world written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas F. Barnes
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1936331691
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Rural Electrification written by Douglas F. Barnes and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Barnes and his team of development experts provide an essential guide that can help improve the quality of life to the estimated 1.6 billion rural people in the world who are without electricity. The difficulties in bringing electricity to rural areas are formidable: Low population densities result in high capital and operating costs. Consumers are often poor, and their electricity consumption is low. Politicians interfere with the planning and operations of programs, insisting on favored constituents. Yet, as Barnes and his contributors demonstrate, many countries have overcome these obstacles. The Challenge of Rural Electrification provides lessons from successful programs in Bangladesh, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand, and Tunisia, as well as Ireland and the United States. These insights are presented in a format that should be accessible to a broad range of policymakers, development professionals, and community advocates. Barnes and his contributors do not provide a single formula for bringing electricity to rural areas. They do not recommend a specific set of institutional arrangements for the participation of public sector companies, cooperatives, and private firms. They argue instead that successful programs follow a flexible, but still well-defined set of principles: a financially viable plan that clearly accounts for any subsidies; a cooperative relationship between electricity providers and local communities; and an operational separation from day-to-day government and politics.

Author : Joseph Hutchinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521099967
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of the Third World written by Joseph Hutchinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1975-04-17 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This personal account expresses a dissatisfaction with the social system under which we live; it arises from the author's wide experience of the relations between the developing countries and the Western world. Sir Joseph's thesis is that in taking that the West has to offer and deploying it in the Third World one can see more clearly the constraints and drawbacks of our own social and economic system. This is the challenge. The book sets out to explore the ways in which we could move away from the limitations and injustices of our system towards something better. Based on the Eddington Memorial Lectures given at the University of Cambridge in November 1974, the book sets out the belief that the Christian faith offers the incentive to undertake a revision of our social life that will call for sacrifice from those of us who are now affluent and powerful.

Author : Gunnar Myrdal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140213218
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of World Poverty written by Gunnar Myrdal and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: