- Additional Authors
- Miller, Debra A.
- Description
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Summary
- "What Are the Problems Facing Developing Nations?; Did the Global Financial Crisis Hurt Developing Nations?; Can Democracy Succeed in Developing Nations?; What Can Be Done to Aid the Developing World?"--
- Presents a series of essays looking at the issues facing developing countries, including infectious disease, the global financial crisis, and foreign aid.
- Series Statement
- Current controversies
- Uniform Title
- Developing nations (Online)
- Current controversies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- What are the problems facing developing nations? Hunger in developing nations is still a serious problem / ActionAid -- Death from preventable infectious diseases in developing nations is a continuing problem / Global Health Council -- Environmental damage caused by rich nations is harming developing nations / Bob Sanders -- Private-sector corruption is growing in developing nations / Andrew Bast -- Developing nations are most likely to experience civil wars / David Elborn -- The burden of future population growth will fall mainly on developing nations / Mahfuz R. Chowdhury -- Global warming threatens to deepen poverty in the developing world / Elizabeth K. Gardner -- Did the global financial crisis hurt developing nations? Yes: the global financial crisis has hurt developing nations. Developing nations have been hard-hit by the global financial crisis / Diana Alarcon, Stephany Griffith-Jones, José Antonio Ocampo -- The global recession has increased poverty and slowed development in many developing nations / Swati Mylavarapu -- Developing nations fear a second financial crisis / Jayati Ghosh -- No: The global financial crisis did not hurt developing nations. The financial crisis did not greatly harm many emerging economies / Paolo Senatore -- Developing nations resisted the global recession by showing fiscal prudence / The Economist -- Developing nations may recover from the global recession faster than rich countries / Arif Anis -- Developing nations are leading the world economy back from recession / Xinhua News Agency -- Can democracy succeed in developing nations? Yes, democracy can succeed in developing nations. Democracy is the most legitimate form of government for developing nations / Marc F. Plattner -- Democracy will meet the challenges of authoritarian regimes / Carl Gershman -- China will not gain respect until it embraces democratic freedoms / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- No: democracy cannot succeed in developing nations. Democracy has failed in many developing nations / N.S. Venkataraman -- Revolution in Egypt could lead to instability and anti-Americanism / Susan Estrich -- China exemplifies anti-democratic success in the developing world / Joshua Kurlantzick, Perry Link -- What can be done to aid the developing world? Foreign aid is needed to eradicate hunger and prevent failed states / Joshua Kurlantzick -- Foreign aid will not help developing nations that have corrupt governments / Rory Leishman -- Developed nations must reverse their development policies to reduce world poverty / Walden Bello -- Developing nations must focus on helping young girls / Judith Bruce, John Bongaarts.
- LCCN
- 2011033272
- OCLC
- ssj0000919407
- Title
Developing nations [electronic resource] / Debra A. Miller, book editor.
- Imprint
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012.
- Series
Current controversies
Current controversies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Miller, Debra A.