PROBLEMS OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

Source: Socyberty

Whenever we talk about third world countries a picture

comes into our mind, a picture of countries where people

face so much problems and struggle for their lives.

Almost all third world countries face the same problems. Third world countries

include African, Asian and most of the Latin American countries.

One of the greatest problems in third world countries is poverty. Poverty is the

condition of having insufficient resources to live a healthy life. Number of

countries is diving into poverty. It has various serious consequences on human

lives. With the rising rates of poverty, many of the local citizens faces problem of

famine and lack of lodging, one obvious example is India. Therefore together with

these problems, there is also lack of hygiene and this favors the proliferation of

various harmful bacteria which resulting in the development of diseases such as

cholera, malaria, etc. People don’t have enough facilities or either these facilities

are too expensive to overcome such diseases. People are deprived from clean

drinking water and sanitation facilities. This unsatisfactory condition is getting

worse day by day. Due to above said problems; diseases spread all over and these

results to high death rates every year (Maheen Mirza, 2008).

One of the most pressing problems of the economy of underdeveloped countries is

unemployment. The majority of people are unemployed or the bread earner of the

family dies. In that case there is nobody to provide them with basic needs of life.

There are many factors, which contribute to unemployment. It is directly related to

lack of education, rapid change of technology, recessions, inflation, disability and

discrimination in the place of work. There are many social and economic effects

due to unemployment. High unemployment often results in increases domestic

violence, crime, health problems and negative psychological effects. There is a

huge loss of production and output because those who are unemployed are not able

to add towards GDP. The government loses on the income tax revenue as

unemployed are unable to earn. In order to cater to the needs of unemployed,

government must take a sizeable step, which aims at providing financial assistance

to the workers till the time of recovery in the economy.

The most threatening part of the story is the reoccurring of terrorism over the globe

in many different forms. Terrorism is the use of violence against civilians by sub-

national groups for political purposes. A sense of perceived injustice and the belief

that violence will effectively redress it is the ideal breeding growth of terrorism. It

has occurred throughout history but today the world is experiencing a global

rebirth of attacks. The whole world is getting familiar with Arab and Muslim

names. Terrorism therefore is designed to have psychological effects that reach

farther beyond the impact on the immediate victims of an attack. The growing

terrorist population is becoming more and more dangerous, with new organizations

forming out of nothing. Politicians make terrorism a blame game and throw mud

on each other. Also, the terrorist groups have the power to bribe or corrupt the

public officials that aim to shut them down. Ending terrorist threats requires

imaginative and fluid thinking, whether to attack the roots of terrorism or

neutralize a particular group (Walter Laqueur, 2004).

Emerging technology is doing harm to third world countries. First world countries

use highly updated technology to manufacture clothing, food and other items, they

no longer use the cheap labor from third world countries, which in turn leads to

unemployment and poverty (Jonna Tharp, 2007). A myriad of countries are

drowning and need serious assistance. The developing nations should treat these

problems from the grass root. Government in these countries fights forcefully to

control the situation however whatever they plan; become less futile and display

help less scenario.