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Problems Of The Third World

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:42:00 -0500

THE THIRD WORLDThe second world war ended with a new geographical mapping ofthe world.USA and USSR emerged as the two super powers and theyboth try to maintain their circle of influence.Many countries oflatin America,Africa and Asia form the third world. The biggestproblem of these countries are population,literacy rate,povertyand inflation.Most of these countries are over populated.A largepercentage of their populaton live below the poverty line.Mostof the third world countries are agricultural.But productivityon land is very low.Industrial growth is very slow.In scienceand technology they are backword.Their imports are more thenexports.Their per capita is very low as compared to developedcountries. Underdevelopment makes an unmistakable mark on thestate of social organisationin a third world.Poverty,ignoranceand diseases walk hand in hand wih the people.Thier percentageof literacy is very low.Poor health and hygiene,lack oftransport facilities are other problems. Pol...

Entrepreneurship and Workaholism - Part II

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:31:35 -0500

This is part of a much larger wave of in-house corporateinnovation dubbed "intrapreneurship". The most famous example is"Post-It" which was developed, in-house, by a M employee andfunded by the company. But all major and medium American firmsencourage institutionalized intrapreneurship.Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship are often associated withanother American phenomenon - the workaholic. Bryan Robinson inhis tome, "Chained to the Desk", identifies four types ofworkaholism or "work addiction":The Bulimic Workaholic Style - "Either I do it perfectly or notat all"; The Relentless Workaholic Style - "It has to befinished yesterday"; Attention-Deficit Workaholic Style -adrenaline junkies who use work as a focusing device; SavouringWorkaholic Style - slow, methodical, and overly scrupulousworkers. Workaholism is confused by most Americans with "hardwork", a pillar of the Protestant work ethic, by now an Americanethos. Employers demand long work hours from their e...

Migration and Brain Drain - Part I

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:29:30 -0500

Human trafficking and people smuggling are multi-billion dollarindustries. At least of the million immigrants the worldover are illegal aliens. There are million migrant workersfound in virtually every country. They flee war, urbanterrorism, crippling poverty, corruption, authoritarianism,nepotism, cronyism, and unemployment. Their main destinationsare the EU and the USA - but many end up in lesser countries inAsia or Africa.The International Labour Organization ILO published thefollowing figures in :Africa had Million migrant workers, North America - million, Central and South America - million, Asia - million, the Middle East - million, and Europe - million.Immigrants make up of staid Switzerland's population, ofGermany's and Austria's, . of France's though less than of multi-cultural Blairite Britain. There are more than million people born in Latin America living in the States.According to the American Census Bureau, f...