Saturday, November 18, 2006

WHAT ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

It is not easy to find a universal defination of what constitutes a developing country, partly because the defination itself is made by those who defined themselves as developed. I don't want to be caught between the two blocs as to which defination fits well and appropiately. However, it is fair that certain key universal desires are taken into consideration inorder to arrive at some common ground breaking consensus. What are those common groung breaking universal consensus. Majority of the people in all blocs (developed and developing countries) desire to have access to clean drinking water, have enough food supply, good living conditions as well as well as other luxaries of life such as cars, tvs, computers, etc.

The intriging point here is the fact that all the above mentioned are so accessable to people in the developed countries that they are simply classify as basic needs. On the other hand, the people in the developing countries still find it hard to access the most basic of all; food, clothing and shelter. This clearly is where the dispairity seem to occure. Needless to say, the label developed and developing countries became necessary to explain the different realities in the two blocks. While the above explaination may seem inadequate in defining the real sinerios in either bloc, it does highlight one thing, that is one bloc is not a desirable place for survival while the other bloc becomes the shinny city on the hill all desire to fine themselves

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