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This research paper examines whether the concept of "free trade" remains an oxymoron, and whether agreements such as NAFTA and the successors to GATT have any positive impact on less developed nations. The paper also takes a look at how foreign capital provides more opportunities and the utilization of the work-force in less developed nations. Also examined is whether the competition for the largesse of the capitalist countries among less developed nations will create animus, political in-fighting, and perhaps even military action.

Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview
Free Trade and Its Effect and Meaning on Less Developed Nations
The Flow of Capital and Its Effect on LDCs
Politics, Economics, Problems, Solutions
A Review, Projections, and Conclusions

From the Paper
"Calvin Coolidge once said that the business of America was business. This is now true of every nation in the world. Of course, business is a far more structured and sophisticated part of the First and Second world countries. In fact, their globalization efforts are now creating opportunities as well as mischief in the less developed countries. By mischief, of course, one must understand the rituals for getting plants, roads, infrastructure, a work force and a place to train them and a splitting of profits and royalties with the governments (and, not incidentally with those who have the power to grant licenses and overcome bureaucratic snafus)."

Tags:emerging, power, pass, block, agreements, representatives, protectionist, barriers

Abstract
This graduate paper discusses the impact of international trade and foreign direct investment on less developed countries. It almost appears obvious that these countries benefit through foreign trade and FDI; however, as the paper suggests, there are economic problems that need to be dealt with in relation to the positive impacts of globalization on developing countries.

Abstract
Aasve et al. (2005) in their paper, "Poverty and Fertility in Less Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis" do a good job at analyzing the relationship between poverty and fertility. The researchers use longitudinal data sources to study this relationship - the data spans a two to five year period. It is admirable that the researchers opted to take the approach of using longitudinal data - most of these studies examine poverty and fertility in general over the decades, or point to one single year's data - but is two to five years really a long enough period? What trend can be observed in such a short period of time? The selected countries are somewhat random, too, in their picking.

From the Paper
Aasve et al. (2005) in their paper, "Poverty and Fertility in Less Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis" do a good job at analyzing the relationship between poverty and fertility. The researchers use longitudinal data sources to study this relationship - the data spans a two to five year period. It is admirable that the researchers opted to take the approach of using longitudinal data - most of these studies examine poverty and fertility in general over the decades, or point to one single year's data - but is two to five years really a long enough period? What trend can be observed in such a short period of time? The selected countries are somewhat random, too, in their picking. The researchers

Tags:poverty, fertility, africa

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This paper discusses the inability of Lesser Developed Economies (LDCs) to make any significant progress, either political or economic. This paper looks at the history of LDCs and how they have performed in the past. Solutions to problem are also addressed.

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This article looks at the impact of current industrial technology on developing countries. In this essay, the writer includes a look at historical development and globalization. Emerging technologies and other related issues are also discussed. The writer looks at the connection between "developed" countries and a high level of industrialization and industrial technology.

From the Paper
"The degree of access to and use of industrial technology in the broad sense is by far the primary factor distinguishing the world's rich nations from its poor ones. The world's rich nations are with few exceptions highly industrialized while the world's poor ones are with equally few exceptions lacking in industrial technology. Industrialization is far more important to development than are natural resources. Many impoverished nations have an abundance of resources while wealthy and technically advanced Japan has very few natural resources ... "

Tags:technology, industry, industrialization, rich, poor, developing

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This paper discusses how like everything else in life, the Internet has its darker side and how the developing countries experience it more than the developed countries. In particular, it examines how certain countries in Asia are dealing with theses negative impacts. The countries looked at are Malaysia, India and the Philippines and how they are dealing with the digital divide; Thailand, India and China and how they are dealing with exclusion by language; and Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam and Singapore and how they are dealing with cultural pollution.

Outline:
Abstract
Table of contents
Chapter one - Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem statement
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Relevance of the Research
1.6 Scope and Limitation
1.7 Research Methodology
Chapter two - Literature Review
2.1 Early History of the Internet: The First Twenty Years
2.2 The Internet and Developing Countries
2.2.1 Internet Statistics - Host Distribution and User Demography
2.2.2 Cost and Fees
2.3 Positive Impacts of the Internet on Developing Countries
2.3.1 Education and Research
2.3.2 Health
2.3.3 Job Transfer into the Third World
2.4 Negative Impacts of the Internet on Developing Countries
2.4.1 The Digital Divide
2.4.2 Exclusion by Language
2.4.3 Cultural Pollution
Chapter Three - Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Nature of the Research
3.1.2 Cost
3.1.3 Accessibility
3.2 Advantages of Library/Desk Research
3.3 Disadvantages of Library/Desk Research
3.1.3 Accessibility
3.2 Advantages of Library/Desk Research
3.3 Disadvantages of Library/Desk Research
Chapter Four - Findings
4.1 Dealing with the Digital Divide
4.1.1 Malaysia and the Multimedia Super Corridor
4.1.2 India and the Software Technology Parks
4.1.3 The Philippines and her Plan to Bridge the Digital Divide
4.2 Dealing with Exclusion by Language
4.2.1 Thailand
4.2.2 China
4.2.3 India
4.3 Dealing with Cultural Pollution
4.3.1 Myanmar (Burma)
4.3.2 Vietnam
4.3.3 Singapore
Chapter Five - Summary of Findings, Limitations of the Study, Suggestions for Further Research and Conclusions
Summary of findings
Limitations of the Study
Suggestions for Further Research
Conclusion
References

From the Paper
"In the Philippines, it is a similar story as that of Malaysia and India, in that the government is involved in the attempt to bridge the digital divide. In 2001, Macapagal-Arroyo's administration proved that it was serious about using information and communications technology to eliminate poverty. The president allocated an entire chapter of her economic agenda to bridging the so-called digital divide (Calimag, 2001). The Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Dante Canlas said that in the medium term, the Philippines government was committed to address the digitally disenfranchised, that is those who do not have access to computers. The government, he said, would address the continuing disparities in access to high-quality technologies. He stressed that in order for the country to live up to its goal of becoming a software development center and e-services hub of Asia, it had to strive to give firms and households access to quality information in real time. "

Tags:cultural, pollution

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The paper provides an introduction to globalization that addresses its potential benefits as well as its possibility for exploitation and abuse of human rights. The paper looks at the definition and concepts of globalization and discusses how it negatively affects the rural poor communities of developing countries. The paper uses Egypt and India as examples of developing countries that have constructively entered the global economy and addresses the challenges faced by both developing and developed countries in the wake of globalization. The paper shows how globalization has become a much more complicated and integrated issue than in ancient times, and asserts that a large-scale change in attitude is needed if globalization is to truly become a reality for all nations.

Outline:
Introduction
Definition and Concepts of Globalization
The Impact of Globalization on the Econmies of Developing Countries
The Effects of Globalization on Egypt and India
Developing Countries Vs. Industrialized Nations
The Changing Concept of Globalization
Making Globalization a Reality for All
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The Egypt State Information Service (2003) refers to this interaction as the "Quiet Dialogue." This is also important in terms of the media, and particularly for the media represented within and by developing countries. Many developing countries now have access to printed and audio-visual media from across the world by means of Internet technology. This access provides these countries with the means to enter into communication and economic interaction within the global arena. On a global scale, the possibilities opened by the Internet are therefore significant in terms of transcending centuries-old limitations imposed by poverty and isolation. Two excellent examples of such empowerment include Egypt and India, which have become important role players on a worldwide economic and cultural scale.
"Another important issue to recognize is that globalization has fairly recently become the subject of increased controversy. This is particularly so in terms of developing countries. Some believe that these countries are bound to be even further victimized and exploited by the most powerful forces in the global financial sector. Others in turn believe that these very countries, as mentioned above, can be empowered to use their cultural, political and natural resources in order to empower themselves and uplift their citizens from the trap of their poverty."

Tags:exploitation, information, flow, cultures, nations, Egypt, India

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This paper examines the elements that determine why some developing countries have managed to achieve higher rates of economic growth in the post-Second World War period while others have stagnated in comparison. The paper tests several theoretical frameworks and models developed in order to see if these can explain the differences, and if not, why not.

Tags:globalization, economic growth, Kenya, Malaysia, developing nation, capitalism

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This paper discusses the links between poverty and environmental damage in the developing countries and their implication for sustainable development. Two developing countries are used as case studies

Tags:ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND ECOLOGY / POLLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT, links poverty environment

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The paper discusses how advances in technology have figuratively shrunk the world, linking all four corners of the globe and facilitating global relationships. The writer examines how, despite the challenges of insensitive development of globalized free trade, in general, the positive benefits of this policy far outweigh the disadvantages. The paper notes that globalization has brought rapid prosperity to many developing countries and that because of the liberalization of free trade policies, poverty levels have fallen dramatically in many developing countries. The paper concludes that because of this economic growth, millennium development goals are on track for many countries, with a hope of reducing the world's poor to approximately 600 million, by the year 2015.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Global Overview of Poverty Statistics
Economic Performance and the Reduction of Poverty
Malaysia
China
El Salvador
Challenges to Globalization as a Reducer of Poverty: Free Trade and the Rice Sector
Other Challenges to Globalization: Higher Unemployment Rates
Doha Development Round: The Future of Economic Development in the War Against Global Poverty
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Ten countries, with agricultural export potential, were analyzed in a WTO commissioned research study. In the study, East Asia and Europe were identified as leading winners to trade reform in both the short and the long-term. "In Brazil, liberalization would drive rapid poverty reduction by prompting increased agricultural production and employment in regions with relatively higher poverty incidence, while in China, the poor would gain as exports would increase to agricultural markets in East Asia that are highly protected at the present" ("Poverty & the WTO", 2005)."

Tags:Asia, Africa, Doha, investment, free-trade