What are three prominent obstacles that developing nations encounter in trying to become a developed nation?
- Introduction
- Introduce the topic
- Identify the three obstacles that will be discussed.
- Body Paragraph #1: Social Obstacles
- Topic sentence introducing the obstacle
- Give some examples (i.e. ones discussed in class) of social obstacles
- Summary sentence for the paragraph
- Body Paragraph #2: Environmental Obstacles
- Topic sentence introducing the obstacle
- Give some examples (i.e. ones discussed in class) of environmental obstacles
- Summary sentence for the paragraph
- Body Paragraph #3: Physical Obstacles
- Topic sentence introducing the obstacle
- Give some examples (i.e. ones discussed in class) of social obstacles
- Summary sentence for the paragraph
- Conclusion
- Sum up the main points raised in the essay
- Final conclusive sentence
You dont need to include all of each type, just the most important ones.
Economic obstacles:
- The poverty trap which perpetuates the likelihood of high infant mortality rates, high birth rates and low life expectancy.
- Lack of educational resources.
- Poor health care facilities.
- Poor nutrition/insufficient food.
- Cash crops which use up limited arable lands –– for export, not local consumption.
- High debts hinder the flow of capital for investment and trade.
- Hindrances to trade: some of these countries are landlocked
- debt
- Lack of needed infrastructure, which would allow ease of movement.
- People in many of these nations are too preoccupied fighitng for health and life to be effective contributors to a healthy national GDP.
Environmental obstacles:
- Lack of resources. In many cases, there are limited fish and forests, and insufficient funds to invest in mining.
- Poor access to safe drinking water.
- Poor soils limit farming opportunities.
- Difficult climates including drought and heat are an encumbrance to productivity.
Social obstacles:
- Oppressive, chauvinistic attitudes towards women bar them from educational and vocational advancement.
- Women are held to traditional domestic roles in which they are expected to rear several children.
- Diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS.
- Over half the populations of these nations are young dependents.
- Inter-racial violence.
- Exploitation from resource-seeking outside nations and inside governmental corruption.
Political obstacles:
- Poor, ineffective and corrupt governments and police.
- Despite noble efforts of individuals and organizations from the developed world, the industrial nations are generally too preoccupied with their own economic growth to intervene.
- To industrialize, a nation needs most of these conditions drastically improved, otherwise they will likely remain primarily agrarian.
- Without improvement, there can be no initiative or energy to industrialize, which in turn leads to stable populations and developed status.
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