Third World Economic Development

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This paper explains that, in a time when computers and the internet could easily elevate the poor nations of the world, these developing nations are not getting their fair share of the twenty-first century's technological boom; yet globalization and the many technological breakthroughs in social, business and economic realms should benefit everyone on the planet. The author points out that the internet requires a phone connection, a computer and modem and electricity; the third-world does not have these basic necessities for the bulk of its citizens. The paper concludes that, unfortunately, there are no immediate solutions that would reduce the technology division between first and third-world nations; unless there is a complete reengineering of the social segregation of the haves and have not's.

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"It would then seem obvious that putting computers in Third World or less developed nation's schools would also enhance the quality of life for the poor. Consider Africa; the Internet would enhance the community's schools, healthcare facilities, governmental operations and rural farms. In other words, it would raise the potential of all these levels of people. Of course, a large number of third world countries are connected to the Internet, but the majority of those connections are accessed via satellites which capture Internet transmissions and systematically relay them back to the United States for processing. These connections are also not usually made by the average Third World citizen."

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