EC207 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - India, Developing Country, International Law
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Identify how different life in the developing world is. There have been positive changes in the development progress of many developing or newly industrialized countries such as brazil, russia, india, china and south africa (referred to collectively as brics by the media). Asia on average has been growing at a rate that is almost triple that of developed nations! Health has been improving, especially in regards to child mortality. The average income of the poor is 70 cents per day and it has not exceeded this level yet. Greenhouse gas emissions have been at high levels and threaten low income countries in south asia and. Given that we have modern transport and communications, people are becoming increasingly interdependent. What happens to people in developing regions of asia, africa, the middle east, or latin america will in one way or another affect the people in europe and north america, and vice versa.