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Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#481791Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:481791Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#481791http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-481791.xmlwhat is the role of microfinance in development?http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#479242Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479242Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#479242http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-479242.xmla country is progreesive or rich if it has a stable economy and teh people there have stable jobs and livelihood. some people think that a country is progressive if it has lots of infrastructures but actually if teh people have no jobs there it's not really progressive. hope i helped...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#376045Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:376045Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#376045http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-376045.xmlYou right the shoud explane it morehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#200158Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:200158Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#200158http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-200158.xmlyes all these are right but the one thing to be noted here should be that the countries with relative abundace of all economic and social capital relative to its population sould be considered while definig developed and underdeveloped countries. for example if we say that there are relatively high nubber of people living in there own well furnished homes with all the basic amenities of life are available in a country to its population and the relative country lacks it then we may consider the first one to be the developed country and the other underdeveloped countries. Anees Khattak from Pakistanhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#169230Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:169230Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#169230http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-169230.xmlDeveloped country-Country with a good GDP growth, high percapita income, good infrastructure facilities, highly industrialised, well planned and highly urbanised. Developing Country- Country with average GDP growth,average standard of living, economically developing through new changes in economic,industrial policies etc, high literacy level, lot of unutilised resources or using it unefficiently , in the pace of becoming a developed country . Under developed country-country with low GDP, low standard of living, very poor industrial growth, lacking efficient governing system., low literacy level, high poverty level, unemployment etc The main factor which makes a country poor or rich is the availability of resources or the manner...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#113343Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:113343bvpraveen5http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#113343http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-113343.xmlDear Elviajero, I agree with all your points, especially your comments on "Indian Software Industries". They are absolutely right.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#111968Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:111968elviajero6http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/3/xjqn/Post.htm#111968http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-111968.xmlHello Tramalho, Welcome to English forums. Classification of countries into developed and developing countries can be tricky. By most accepted measures, most western European countries, U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan would belong to the league of developed nations. These rankings are based on two parameters: GDP and GNI per capita (PC). But these may not give us an accurate picture. It could be one or all of the following reasons: (1) "Do-it-yourself" tasks aren't considered while calculating GDP as they cannot be recorded. These tasks include home care, cooking, gardening, etc. In less-developed economies, this can account for a big chunk of economic activity, whereas in highly developed economies, its contribution is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#111797Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:111797tramalho7http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#111797http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-111797.xmlHi everybody. I'm sorry about my english. Let's see if practising here I'll be able to improve it. The underdeveloped countries are classified in such way based historically in two elements: income and "human development". There is a Human Development Index made by UN, and updated regularly. For example, some arab countries with a high income from petroleum are not developed according to UN. In the order hand, coutries like Cuba - with a high human development index - are not considered developed because of his low income. One point: the development concept is very european-centred (I'm includind there not only Europe, but also its extensions: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) because UN's way of thinking is european. The...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94340Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94340spinnaker8http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94340http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-94340.xmlHi My facts are typical for this two countries sections but they are not "general true". I want to say with this, that this facts are normal, typical but that it gives also developing countries in which all is "good" but they can not boost the econnomy... I don't say that only this facts existing... it gives also so many others factors. I hope I have written clear, otherwise say it!http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94231Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94231amunike9http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94231http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-94231.xmli think the words development and underdevelopment are all english words.it is left for whomever that invoked it to realise what usage it is meant for.underdeveloped countries are made so by someone who made this word english.so let the british and the americans tell us why they should continue to make africa and part of asia underdeveloped forever by deciding who will lead them and causing conflicts to sell weapons and their amunition for destruction.if they become sincere to everybody these words will cease to exist then the world will be better than it is today.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94139Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94139eagle10http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94139http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-94139.xmlSpinnaker, I would not completely agree with the facts about developing and Developed country. Yes , ofcourse in most cases they are true, but there are a lot many exceptions, for exmaple countries where all the features of Developed countries is present , however still there is financial imparity between the people or may be the per capita income is much lower than expected. In both cases these countries are Developing countries, still they have all the characters or features of Developed country. To define the words like Developing or Developed is really tough, because these words are relative, subjective to the comparision with economy of other nations. Navhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94089Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94089leandro_tami11http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#94089http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-94089.xmlI'm afraid that sounds too much like a "1st-World" definition of the "3rd-World". At least, I'd say that those characteristics may be general but each particular case is different from the other.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93991Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:93991spinnaker12http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93991http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-93991.xmlCan I also give some facts about under developed and developing countries? developed country: -the most people work in the service sector -the mobility is big -there are schools and "high" job qualification -there are many offers on products and this products are every time aviable -in the agriculture machines do the work developing country: -the most people work in the agriculture -the people haven't got any vote chance (I hope that I can say it so) -many people can't read -the most of them die before they are 40 / 50 years old -the activity isn't very high -they are poor and they haven't got any thing to eat (not much to eat) -the population "goes" up very fast (I would say: the population is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93942Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:93942yunyunsong13http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93942http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-93942.xmlI agree with matthewg very much . I never thought that someone can make a such reply!http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93023Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:93023nona the brit14http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#93023http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-93023.xmlMost of West Africa's problems are polititcal. Climate etc is good and, for one example of natural resources, Nigeria is an extremely oil-rich country. Much productive land, poor governments.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#92926Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92926vinodram15http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/2/xjqn/Post.htm#92926http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-92926.xmlAs I have read in many places what I know about West Africa is that the climatic conditions and the geographical location of the country makes a big hindrance to the nations developement activites.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92802Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92802nona the brit16http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92802http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-92802.xmlWest Africa is a huge area, with a number of countries, and an even larger number of different peoples living there, so it is an impossible task to look for a single culture or economical set-up. It's a bit like asking what is Europe's culture and economics - there is a huge variation. A multitude of peoples, languages, religions, cultures, governments....http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92725Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92725heidixx17http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92725http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-92725.xmli want to know about west africa as underdeveloped countries and how is the globalization is going on there? i want to know also about its culture and economicshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92310Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92310leandro_tami18http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#92310http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-92310.xmlI think it's not very wise to label a country as undeveloped or developed, since development is something very subjective. It depends on the time instant and critery used to measure it. Often the label of underdeveloped country is applied to countries which are poor, defining poor country as country which doesn't have enough economical resources to sustain itselves. But, is it right to say a country is underdeveloped only because this reason? I think not, because a country may be very rich but it could have a really corrupt government which spends irrationally the money of the taxpayers, or a political class accustomed to steal fortunes to the state. Maybe being 'developed' or 'underdeveloped' just depends on having or not a...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#90301Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:90301bvpraveen19http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#90301http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-90301.xmlThere are a lot of reasons. To name a few, 1) Population. 2) Poor Planning. 3) Inefficient government.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#89676Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:89676Guest20http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#89676http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-89676.xmlwhat makes a country poor and a country poor?http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#78715Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:78715bvpraveen21http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#78715http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-78715.xmlDear friends, Developed country : Good economy, Good infrastructure, Good employment, Better standard of living, Army to list a few. Developing country : The above qualities only to a smaller extent. Even in developing countries there are cases where one moves at a rapid pace to get Developed country recognition ( China ) and the other which moves at a snail pace to get the same ( India ). Praveen.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#74934Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74934hautea22http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#74934http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-74934.xmlI believe, every country is neither developed or developing. neither rich or poor. I can say that my country is rich with good people and good culture, but poor with technology.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#71939Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:71939matthewg23http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htm#71939http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-71939.xmlI think you should start by defining the words 'poor and 'rich'. Do you mean rich in culture? Or do you mean that the country has a very strong economy and a high standard of living?http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 21:48:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:71668Kixu24http://www.englishforums.com/English/UnderDevelopedDeveloping-Countries/xjqn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-71668.xmlWhat exactly is the difference between the development of different countries?? What makes a country poor and a country rich..Is it due to mankind existing there or something else.. or by nature..