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Present Day Challenges. Developed vs. Developing countries. Characteristics of Developed and Developing countries Geographic locations or where the country is located in the world play a factor. Economic Conditions Social Conditions
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Developed vs. Developing countries • Characteristics of Developed and Developing countries • Geographic locations or where the country is located in the world play a factor. • Economic Conditions • Social Conditions • Such as Literacy, Access Health Care, Education, Famine, Poverty, and Migration • Population size and rate of growth • Developed countries low population • Developing countries a majority of the population is under the age of 15.
The Human Development Index rates countries on a number of factors including poverty, literacy, education, health, and equality.
Environmental Challenges • Air and Water Pollution • Deforestation: from irresponsible development • Desertification • Ozone Depletion • Global Climate changes
Relationship between economic and political freedom • Free Market economies • Higher standards of the living • Expanding Middle Class • Growing demands for political freedoms and civil liberties • Examples Taiwan and South Korea • 2011 Examples are the revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa.
Economic Interdependence • Role of Rapid Transportation, Communication, and Computer networks • Rise and influence of multinational corporations • Changing roles of international boundaries • Regional integration countries working together • EU or European Union • Trade agreements between countries • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) • World Trade Organization (WTO) • International organizations • United Nation (UN) • International Monetary Fund (IMF)