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Unit 22
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
  • Can we narrow the gap between the rich and the
    poor?

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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Helping the less fortunate
The developing countries suffer from poor
sanitary conditions, the lack of medical services
and malnutrition.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Helping the less fortunate
In India more than 100 million child workers are
employed in different unorganized sectors.
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Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Our forests are disappearing!
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Protecting the Environment
More forests have been cleared for farming.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Protecting the Environment
Farmlands are overgrazed or overcultivated.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Protecting the Environment
Oceans are overfished. How to do? The only
hope of saving the environment lies in helping
developing countries to get them out of poverty.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Decreasing influxes of refugees
Many parts of the world are troubled by the
influx of refugees created by wars, natural
disasters and famines.
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Decreasing influxes of refugees Since 1975 there
have been waves of Vietnam refugees fleeing their
country.
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Checking the spread of diseases
Malnutrition weakens peoples resistance to
diseases.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Solving the problem of debts
Many developing countries suffer the problem of
debts.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Solving the problem of debts
Some countries cannot even pay the interest, let
alone the original loan. Their debt problem must
be solved or there will be economic crises in the
world.
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Why should developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Promoting trade
Developed countries can benefit from the
improvement of living standards of the people in
developing countries.
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How do developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Financial assistance
Financial aid is offered for a special purpose in
the form of fixed aid.
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Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
The Itaipu H.E.P. Project on the Brazil-Paraguay
border
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How do developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Technical assistance
The introduction of Japanese rice cultivation
practice has increased the production of rice in
South and Southeast Asia.
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Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
How Assistance Is Given?
Internet
Internet
Internet
Internet
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How do developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Better terms in trade
Developing countries can sell their products much
more easily when the high tariff against goods
are lowered or completely abolished.
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How do developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Investment in developing countries
Foreign investment is much needed in developing
countries as capital is lacking.
Fuji Photo Film Company has set up branch
factories in China.
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Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Investment in developing countries
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How do developed countries help developing
countries?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Help In Debt Repayment
As foreign debt grows, developing countries need
a longer period for repayment of their debt.
Some lending countries have generously agreed to
reschedule repayments over a longer period of
time.
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Should the governments of developing countries do
something to help themselves?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Reduction of Military Expenses
Many developing countries spend a large portion
of their income on the purchase of weapons.
China's military budget for 1997 climbed to about
9.7 billion
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Should the governments of developing countries do
something to help themselves?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Control of Population Growth
Most people in the developing countries do not
accept birth control because they are ignorant of
its importance.
India supports 16 percent of the world's
population on only 2.4 percent of the planet's
land area, according to the Indian government
estimates.
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Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Control of Population Growth
China is the world's most populous nation, now
has 1.27 billion people despite strict birth
control policies.
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Should the governments of developing countries do
something to help themselves?
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Joining Trade Blocs
International cooperation would greatly benefit
the economic development of developing countries
.
Internet
Internet
Internet
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Terms to learn
Unit 22 Can we narrow the gap between the
rich and the poor?
Refugees (??) people who are forced to leave
their countries Trade deficit (????) the
difference between a countrys import value and
its export value. It occurs when the import
value is greater than its exports Gross national
product (G.N.P) (??????) the total value of all
the goods and services produced in a country,
including income from abroad
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