Hello and welcome to this amazing and important blog about economic development in developing and third-world countries!
My name is Alena Saric and I am a fourth year student at Brock University. I am studying Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. I am very excited to be a part of the COMM2F00 course and am very excited to blog about this important topic of economic development in developing and third-world countries.
My blog will discuss various economical issues that are affecting the development of developing and third-world countries. I chose this topic for various reasons. First, I am of Bosnian (former Yugoslavia) decent and have witnessed first hand how important economic development is to my country’s future. I witnessed first hand how issues such as job creation, trade, innovation, and health & safety or lack of these factors shape the success of a country’s future, and therefore its people. This issue is significant to me as it not only affects my country as a whole, but also much of my family which still resides there. I also chose this topic for its relevance to the business environment as a whole. Living in Canada, we are exposed to many products that are imported to Canada from developing or third-world countries. Because we are in a significantly better position than many of the people that made those products, we have a social responsibility to have more awareness than what we currently have. Furthermore, because we are in this better position, we also have a social responsibility to help those that are not. I recognize that many people may disagree with this statement and I am sure that they have reasons as to why they disagree. However, I believe in the importance of being a good global citizen, and thus strongly believe that we (citizens of developed countries) need to help others achieve the same standard of living that we are priviledged to have.
Below are five websites that discuss economic development in developing and third-world countries:
http://www.un.org/en/development/index.shtml
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/
http://www.oecd.org/canada/
http://www.globalissues.org/
Below are twitter hashtags that discuss economic development in developing and third-world countries:
#poverty
#Bangladeshfactory
#greed
#sweatshops
#globalequality
#development
#povertycure
#globalcrisis
Lastly, here are five other blogs that discuss economic development in developing and third-world countries:
http://akwarrior.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/room-to-grow-how-europes-economic-crisis-allows-for-local-sustainable-growth-in-africa/
http://dfolstad58.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/children-and-women-need-the-spotlight/
Economic Development in Developing and Third-World Countries 