Grouping Countries and Group Discussion.pptx

Developed Or Developing? You decide. • Ethnocentrism – judging other people or cultures based on your own set of values and beliefs. • Whenever you refer to a country as "developing" or "third world" or "less-developed" or "underdeveloped," this implies that other nations must be more "developed...

Developed Or Developing? You decide. • Ethnocentrism – judging other people or cultures based on your own set of values and beliefs. • Whenever you refer to a country as "developing" or "third world" or "less-developed" or "underdeveloped," this implies that other nations must be more "developed." • Is development: • • • • how how how how much technology is available to people, modern their homes are, tall their buildings are, contemporary their clothing appears? • Then some nations clearly lag behind others. A mansion in Cochabamba, Bolivia Swim-up bars in the Dominican Republic • All nations exhibit some characteristics that people normally associate with the term underdeveloped • The same goes with developing it is possible to find important concepts that are often lacking in so-called developed nations Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa Downtown Nairobi, Kenya Some “developing nations” have: • much lower rates of physical problems caused by a diet too rich in sodium, sugar and fat • lower rates of nervous disorders and other psychological problems caused by hypertension and mental fatigue • less crime, less pollution of the environment, less homelessness, and no need for special homes for the elderly because their extended • In “developing nations,” there is often widespread participation in community decision-making, instead of elections where only a minority of eligible voters participate • These are a few of the characteristics that clearly affect the quality of life in any society, yet are seldom mentioned when There are more camels in Australia than the Sahara desert Poor air quality in megacity Beijing If you must group countries, consider using terms like: ● Minority (Canada) and majority world ● Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) and More Economically Developed Country