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Present Day Challenges

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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Present Day Challenges

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  1. Present Day Challenges

  2. 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.

  3. Low birth rate Most of the people are over 15 years of age Long life expectancy Low infant mortality rate Most people live in urban areas (cities) High per capita Gross Domestic Product High literacy rate Highly industrialized High birth rate Most of the people are less than 15 years of age Low life expectancy High infant mortality rate Most people live in rural areas (country side) Low per capita Gross Domestic Product Low literacy rate Little industry Developed Country Developing Country

  4. Environmental Challenges • Air and Water Pollution • Deforestation: from irresponsible development • Desertification • Global Climate changes

  5. 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 of economic and political freedom are the Asian Tigers • Taiwan • South Korea • Japan • 2011 Examples are the revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa.

  6. 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)

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