Many people in Developed country have been educated because they can access to the education very easily. Thus, they have many high skilled workers which can make the product to export to other countries to make profit. Also some Developed countries has many traditional buildings which makes other countries people to visit and spend money like Italy. They have powerful background history as well. These help them to get pride which can lead to working hard.
This is a picture which shows the GDP rate per capita in 2007. In this picture, dark blue countries have more than 30,000 GDP and blue countries have between 12,000 – 30,000 GDP per capita. America, Canada, Japan, most of Europe countries and New Zealand has high GDP which means they are developed country. There are many Developed countries in the Europe and North America because they are related to England which has powerful historical background.
[Source: International Monetary Fund]
Developing country is a country that has low standard democratic governments, civil service, industrialisation, social programs and human rights guarantees. They are in the process of being developed. They have many new industries which are bringing more money into the country and the base to the company to become a developed company. This results in an improvement to most people’s standard of life. However, they are not as poor as LEDCs because they have basic techniques which could lead to being rich. Some of these countries were previously in the communist parts of Eastern Europe because those countries’ people do not work hard to get money because they have to share their profit. They are now working toward a more prosperous standard of living for their people. Countries such as Malaysia and Brazil also have developing economies.
Less Economically Developed Countries is a country where most people do not even have the basic necessaries of life. For example, good housing, clean water, education, food and medical care. Infant mortality is high, life expectancy is low and many people are malnourished. They have nigh infant mortality rate because they cannot have the basic medical treatment from the government which are necessary to the babies because they do not have money. Also their life expectancy is low because their medical techniques are really low so they cannot get proper treatment if they got a cancer or serious diseases. Many people are malnourished because their food is always needed. They might not have many workers, good techniques or unsuitable land. Many people suffer from AIDS. These are uncommon for people living in developed countries. For example, Somalia, Sudan Bolivia and Afghanistan are LEDC which stands for Less Economically Developed Countries. LEDC countries are exactly opposite of Developed countries.
LEDC countries are poorer than other countries because they do not have any natural resources, low literacy rate, natural disasters and many wars. They could not develop because they cannot eat properly and does not have opportunity to learn. They need necessities first rather than developing their country.
There are many reasons why there are still Developing Countries and LEDCs in the world today. In Developing Country and LEDCs Countries have many Wars, Natural Disasters, Debt, Unfair Trade and many dangerous diseases which lead them to become poor.
There are many kinds of Wars in Developing Countries and LEDCs. For example, there are many civil wars have been caused by European empire-building in the nineteenth century in Africa. Also there are many religious wars in the Middle East. Also there are many wars from different countries, for example, Ethiopia and Somalia. Their wars are caused by corruption and political differences. The wars destroy homes and crops and kill innocent people. The wars causing even more poverty and force many people to leave their homes and become refugees in other safer countries.
Also there are many natural disasters in LEDCs. Many LEDC countries are situated in areas of the world where natural disasters are more frequent than other countries. If earthquakes, floods, droughts and volcano happened, it will destroy everything and causing more poverty. For example, earthquake can destroy many thousands of homes and the farmlands.
Debt is one reason why some countries are LEDCs. Many LEDC countries have to borrow money from the banks of developed countries to survive and begin to develop. But banks charge interest so LEDC countries can find it paying more in interest than it earns in foreign currency. For example, in early 19th, Jack borrowed 4.9 billion dollars. But in 2008, the country had paid 16.5 billion dollars in interest, but still owed money. This extra 10 billion dollars could have been used to spend up Jack’s development; instead this money will go to Developed countries,
Unfair trade could be reason for being LEDCs. World trade is dominated by the Developed Countries of the world. It is often the rich countries that determine the prices paid for products from LEDCs. Most people in LEDC country are growing surplus crops and export their surplus to earn money from MEDCs (Michigan Economic Development Corporation). However, Developed Countries protect their farmers using their wealth which means that poor countries are being kept poor by the trade policies of rich countries.
There are many dangerous diseases in the LEDC countries such as AIDS and HIV. This disease is sweeping the LEDC countries. The methods of safe sex and the drugs to control the disease used in the rich countries are far too expensive. The loss of many earners and the presence of so many children who will not be able to have an education is causing many African countries to become poorer. This effect is going to get worse, and only the rich countries can help.
Therefore, there is still a need for world development today because there are many countries who suffer from high malnourished rate, high infant mortality rate and not enough necessities.
