FREE ESSAY ON THIRD WORLD

THIRD WORLD

Most of the world's population resides in - and the overwhelming percentage of that
population's growth occurs in the incredible diversity of places we call the Third World.

Third world includes America's south of the United States; the whole of Africa; Asia
apart from the Soviet Union, China and Japan; and the Oceanic Islands apart from
Australia and New Zealand. Majority of these Third World countries is in complete poverty
and due to that these countries face internal conflicts.
The citizens of the Third World countries are facing many difficulties such as poverty
uneven economic share in the world economy, and injustice. Hunger; lack of shelter,
health care and the less advanced technology are major aspects of this worldwide dilemma.

Many people die from starvation in smaller, underdeveloped countries, especially those in
Africa. Due to their financial problems, the people lack proper shelter and clothing to
keep themselves warm and clean water to keep their living areas hygienic. Since they lack
adequate shelter and clothing, diseases break out and these diseases develop a lot easier
with poor nutrition. 
Third world poverty has developed for various reasons. In general those are; lacking
social security; lacking natural resources and nutrition; and having no financial
stability. 
A third world country is economically depressed and continues to grieve. 
Most third world countries don't have social security or welfare. These countries cannot
afford to support their citizens. Unemployment rates are extremely high and wages are
drastically low. As a result, the people of those countries have no or insufficient
income to keep themselves surviving. These extreme poverty situations could lead to
hostile actions against the governments where governments are usually blamed for the
problems. 
The effect of the decline in living standards in the poor countries increases potential
for political violence as an impact on the government. There have been over twenty
violent protests in recent years (late 1980s) specifically against the austerity measures
imposed by the IMF, with over 3,000 people killed in those protests. 
Political violence or in other words reactions to the government will continue in the
future as long as the needs of the citizens are not met. For the time being these impacts
are passed over lightly by the third world governments but it is hard to predict the
long-term effects of this cover-up. There are a variety of Third World countries in the
world. Some are ruled democratically and give hope that they will manage to better off
soon enough, and the rest are authoritarian regimes. In fact the political instability
may make it more difficult for democratic regimes to survive, especially in Latin
America, and may be replaced by authoritarian regimes which would be a step taken
backwards. Plus the liberal, market economy may loose its popularity and new regimes,
rejecting free market, may replace it. 
However a second approach: Poverty breeds Poverty , could also be developed. In Third
World countries people are born into extremely poor societies and grow up there. Becoming
adults, they are usually destined to be poor for all through their lives. When adults,
they struggle to earn money and try to get rid of their individual poverty but the
efforts are not met. Therefore these people become extremely discouraged and loose
self-respect. Eventually they become associated with being poor and ignorant. As a result
they neither look for their rights nor try to get better off. 
Another effect of poverty is the national shame it creates among the citizens of the
Third World countries. Besides having individual poverty concerns, the citizens are also
witnessing that their country has no or very low political prestige among the other world
countries. Realising this fact, the citizens lose trust and respect to their governments.
They either start to feel alienated or to blame the government. When they feel alienated
the citizens want to run away from the poor country and start a new life where it's
possible to be better off. These try to immigrate to first world countries where they
could be employed and paid adequately. The second group that develops a mistrust towards
the government are more likely to protest it and in more serious cases rebel against the
government or the regime. Unlike the alienated this group develops strong national
identity and blames the regime or the government to destine the country to poverty. 
It is true that without the massive amounts of foreign aid supplied by the first world
some third world countries would be would not be around for this long and would have
absolutely no hope of survival.
However these aids are not coming from the heart. The first world countries want the
third world to better off and become self-sufficient since they make valuable markets for
the future. 
Concerning the reasoning of the developed's actions taking place in the third world
developed conflicts with the Third World view. 
The developed countries arm and maintain military presence in the third world and
declare: to prevent takeovers by hostile foreigners as their reason. However third world
countries have a different point of view of these actions. They believe the threat is not
the hostile foreign countries but their own corrupt governments. The troops are there to
prevent uprisings of the nations' own people against oppressive local governments consist
of wealthy elites working in collusion with developed world. 
Third world countries should try to improve their economies and social order as soon as
possible before the gap between the third world and the first world becomes impossible to
be covered up. Or else they will never break free of this entrapment of the world
economic system that benefits the first world and exploits the third.
The possible resolution to diminish poverty may be improving education and by this way
creating a bright, aware nation with a fresh vision. The better governing will emerge
rapidly as the brains that make up the nation have a broader vision. As the corrupt
government, which praises the wealthy minority, is replaced, new economic strategies will
evolve and hopefully the poverty will be diminished.
The second idea to improve the third world country is to advance the technology. This
will cause a late industrial revolution, which is strongly related to education reforms
and better economy. The immigration should be controlled in order to stop brain drain to
the first world countries. 
Until the beginning of 1990s the citizens of the third world countries were only
struggling for food and prevent poverty. By the end of the Cold War the third world
citizens are more aware of their rights and the outer world since the communications have
developed and Internet have reached all around the world. The poor citizens had the
chance to compare themselves to the rest of the world. As consequences of this awakening
they started to look for their rights and rejudged their governments. As a result the
struggle for freedom from hunger, disease and poverty is transformed to the struggle for
political rights and liberties. 
Bibliography
Donald M. Snow, Distant Thunder (New York -St. Martin's Press,1993)
Christopher Clapham, Third World Politics (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985)
Donald M. Snow, Distant Thunder (New York -St. Martin's Press,1993)
Susan George, The Debt Crisis: Global Economic Disorder in the 1990s Speech given at
Smith College, Northampton, MA, 10 April 1989.
http://probe.org/docs/poverty.html Proverbs 10:15