Developing Nations: Africa, Latin America, and Island Nations

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-127
Author(s):  
Samantha Bobo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Developing Nations

The Class Struggle, the Proletariat, and the Developing Nations

1967 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Taborsky
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Third World ◽  
Class Struggle ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
The Third World

The concepts of class struggle and the leadership of the proletariat figure high among the tenets of Marxist-Leninist ideology and strategy that Soviet theoreticians deem applicable to the developing areas of the world. “A new contingent of the world proletariat — young working class movement of the newly free, independent and colonial countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America — has entered the world arena,” asserted the 1961 Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is this newly emerging proletariat that hopefully is expected to convert the nationaldemocratic revolutions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America into genuine socialist revolutions of the Marxist-Leninist variety. Hence, the advancement of the working class and the promotion of class struggle have become major concerns of Soviet strategy and tactics in the Third World.

The Revolution and Mexican Foreign Policy

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Engel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Mexican Revolution ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Revolution

In recent years the foreign policy of Mexico has often been criticized in the United States. The reaction of Mexico to steps taken by the United States in Latin America—in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere—has led to statements about Mexican foreign policy that indicate little understanding of Mexican mentality, history, and approach to international problems. Of primary concern in any attempt to shed light on the foreign policy of Mexico is the place of the Mexican Revolution in shaping the nation's approach to international problems.The Mexican Revolution has had profound effects on the development of the country. Since the beginning of the Revolution in 1910, Mexico has followed a path to political stability unique in Latin America. The Revolution and its effects on subsequent Mexican attitudes have been studied by many scholars in attempts to learn lessons for the other developing nations of the hemisphere.

The Development of an Educational System in a Rural Guatemalan Community

1968 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar H. Horst ◽  
Avril McLelland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Educational System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
World Region ◽  
The World

In the United States there is a constant preoccupation with the qualitative aspects of our educational system. This occurs in a nation where over 98 per cent of all children between the ages of seven and fourteen are attending school and where over 95 per cent of all inhabitants are considered literate. Thus, in terms of literacy and level of education, the United States is classified as highly advanced. Not so fortunate are the developing nations of the world.Latin America, as a major world region, is classified as underdeveloped and shares many of the economic and social misfortunes which plague that sector of the world's populace. Within Latin America there is a wide diversity of educational attainment. Although seven nations may be classified as advanced or moderately advanced, these represent less than one quarter of the region's population. The vast majority are less advantaged and among these are the inhabitants of Guatemala. Less than one quarter of its children between the ages of seven and fourteen attend school; less than 30 per cent over ten years of age are considered literate.

scholarly journals Determination of Credit Programme Participation and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Beneficiaries: Evidence from Sargodha

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (4II) ◽  
pp. 947-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syeda Rizwana Shah ◽  
Aqsa Tabassam Bukhari ◽  
Amara Amjad Hashmi ◽  
Sofia Anwer
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
International Literature ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Grameen Bank ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
Programme Participation

International literature asserts that “micro-finance” began alleviating poverty several decades ago when organisation in Latin America, Bangladesh, and other developing nations started testing the notions of lending small amounts to impoverished people (mostly women). Professor Mohammad Younis1 of Bangladesh and his Grameen Bank brought it on to the world stage and showed how effectively it could be used to change lives. Giving loans of as little as five dollars, Grameen brought millions in to the micro credit net and in doing so lifted people, particularly the rural poor, out of abject poverty [Ayesha (2007)]. By 1980, the success of such institutions prompted many NGO’s and International Organisations to provide micro-finance services.

Natural disasters may boost Latin America remittances

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Money Transfer ◽  
The Caribbean

Subject Remittance inflows in 2017. Significance Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will enjoy a high rate of remittance growth this year, with many LAC migrants benefiting from an improving labour market in the United States. Impacts Remittances will support reconstruction efforts in areas hit by natural disasters in recent months. LAC will continue to benefit from money transfer costs that are lower than in several other regions. For 2018, the World Bank predicts lower remittance growth for both developing nations and globally, at 3.5% and 3.4% respectively.

Migration in China: Methodological and Policy Challenges

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Goldstein ◽  
Sidney Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Modernization Process

Migration has long been recognized as an important mechanism for allowing populations to adjust to changing economic conditions (Goldstein and Goldstein, 1981; Findley, 1977, 1982). Massive population movements from rural to urban locations were an integral part of the European modernization process, as were movements to hitherto undeveloped frontier regions including ones overseas. Rapid urban growth, due in part to migration, has more recently characterized many of the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

The Modern Dual Economy—a cost-benefit analysis of Liberia

1972 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Dual Economy ◽  
The Past

Even now, in the last third of the twentieth century, the nineteenth-century dual economy still exists, in effect if no longer in name, over much of the developing world. Although nationally independent — in Latin America for the past 100 years, and now in Africa and Asia — many of the developing nations are still economically dominated by their past colonial masters.

scholarly journals WAS THERE A MID-20THCENTURY FERTILITY BOOM IN LATIN AMERICA?

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Reher ◽  
Miguel Requena
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Developed World

ABSTRACTThe historic process of fertility decline was interrupted during the central decades of the 20thcentury with an unexpected period of increasing fertility that has been called the baby boom. Normally it is considered a phenomenon exclusive to countries participating in the historic demographic transition. A recent study suggests that a similar trend change in fertility may have also taken place in a few developing nations at approximately the same time and with similar characteristics to the fertility boom in the developed world. The main goal of this paper is to examine the extent to which these trend changes took place in Latin America and whether or not their characteristics were similar to those holding in the developed world.

Globalization, Taxation, and Burden-Shifting in Latin America

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Wibbels ◽  
Moisés Arce
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Subsequent Response ◽  
Industrial Democracies ◽  
The Relationship

Most researchers interested in the relationship between global markets and public policy focus on advanced industrial democracies. In contrast, we examine competing hypotheses as to globalization's effect on governments by expanding the scope of the discussion to include developing nations. More specifically, we investigate the relationship between international market integration and the evolving burden of taxation on capital, as well as the subsequent response of markets to shifts in tax policy in Latin America since the late 1970s. Consistent with our theoretical expectations, we find that global market forces are more constraining vis-à-vis tax policy in Latin America than in the world's wealthiest nations. Despite these market-based pressures, however, national politics continue to influence tax policy in Latin America in a manner consistent with findings on advanced industrial democracies. As such, developing nations continue to have some room to manipulate policy, though within the context of a more strictly neoliberal context than their counterparts in advanced industrial democracies.

Latin America remittances will rise despite obstacles

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Economy ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Caribbean

Subject Remittances to Latin America. Significance Family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) totalled 80 billion dollars in 2017, up from 74 billion in 2016. The record amount was mainly due to a robust economy and increasing employment opportunities in the United States. Impacts The US economy will again drive remittances growth this year, but immigration crackdowns could create downside risks. The slow reduction in sending costs will limit the development impact of remittances in LAC and other developing nations. So-called de-risking and regulatory burdens are high obstacles to remittances growth.

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