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they have the highest population because they feel that the children are the future. the more children they have the better the economy will be in the future for their children and their families. because of this reason they are having as many kids possible so that they would be able to become a developed country over the next few decades.
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∙ 10y agoThe remarkable facts about the last 150 years has been the ability of farmers to increase food production geometrically in some places. Agricultural practices have improved in the United States in the last two centuries. Much of the world experi-enced agricultural success, especially in the last 50 years. Between 1950 and 1984, for example, the amount of grain harvested worldwide increased from 631 million tons to 1.65 billion tons. This represents a gain of 2.6 times at a time when the world population increased by only 1.9 times.9
In more recent years, the technology has produced a broader variety of tech-niques: new kinds of seed, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and more sophisticated machinery. The use of technology has made possible the rapid expansion of agri-culture in the United States and other MDCs and LDCs. The use of pesticides in LDCs, for example was expected to increased between 400 to 600% in the last 25 years of the twentieth century. 10
During the past 10 years, the world's food production has increased by 24 per cent, outpacing the rate of population growth.11 However, this increase was not evenly distributed throughout the world. For example, in Africa, food pro-duction decreased, while population increased. And world cereal production fell in 1993, according to the FAO, which predicted a food shortage in 20 countries during 1994. 12 However, most experts agree that there is no shortage of food, and that equitable distribution should be sufficient to meet all needs for the future. Lack of money to buy food is the problem of malnourishment. Pov-erty, in effect translates the world adequacy into national and local shortages. Within households, men and boys have priority for whatever food is available, while women and children, especially girl children are the first to suffer malnu-trition. Few resources are available to women, even though they are often re-sponsible the for food supply.13
Improvement in Public HealthPeople have concerns about surviving daily living, such as meeting basic needs: food, water, and housing. First, access to safe drinking water was related to the incidence of epidemic diseases such as cholera and child survival. Less than 50% of the population had access to safe drinking water before 1990. By 1990, access to safe drinking water had increased by 75 per cent. But between 1990 and 2000 the numbers of people without access to safe water are projected to increase. 14 An increasing number of countries both developed and develop-ing are approaching the limits of sustainable water use based on their own re-newable resources.15
Second, the pressure to provide adequate housing increases as the population grows. More than half of the developing world's population will be living in urban areas by the end of the century. This growth outstrips the capacity to provide housing and services for others. In some countries, finding a place to live is hard, especially for women. Some women and children are forced to live in the poorest community where they are open to exploitation and abuse.16
The priorities for getting rid of poverty, improving food supply, ending malnu-trition, and providing adequate housing coincide at all points with those required for balanced population growth.
Conquest of DiseaseThe biggest population story of the last hundred years has been the conquest of disease. Scientists have learned a great deal about the ways to prevent and cure many types of disease. Thus, millions of people who would have died of disease a century ago are more likely to live to old age. The most effective tools in the con-quest of disease have been improved knowledge about nutrition, vaccinations, bet-ter public health practices and the development of new medicines17
In the late 80s, a baby born in Iceland was 32 times more likely to live to the age of one year as a baby born in Afghanistan.18 The major reason for this large differ-ence in survival rate is nutrition. When young children get enough of the right kinds of food, they are likely to live to be adults. In many nations the people know about proper nutrition for young children and adults. Unfortunately, in many LCDs the people lack the money and skills that would allow them to use the knowledge about nutrition they already have. As a result, infant death rates and therefore, overall death rates, remain high in many LDCs. 19
The second most important factor is vaccinations. As far back as 1800, scien-tists knew how to use vaccines to protect people from infectious disease. Use of that knowledge has reduced the rate of diseases like influenza, smallpox, polio and rubella in MDCs. Again, lack of resources has prevented many LDCs from mak-ing similar use of vaccinations to reduce the rate of infectious disease and death rates in their countries. Moreover, vaccines are still not available for some dis-eases-malaria is the most obvious example and the greatest concern in LDCs.20
Third, better public health practices-- the germ theory of disease, discovered by Louis Pasteur in the 1870s clearly demonstrated that a person's health was also a community problem. Sewage dumped into a public water supply could cause dis-ease throughout the community. With this understanding, the science of public health was born. Today, public health measures like waste treatment, water purifi-cation, vaccination, and nutritional education are well developed in MDCs. How-ever, public health measures are still absent in many LDCs. As a result, disease continues to spread and cause high death rates.21
And finally, with the advent of new medicines, disease was less of a problem in MDCs because medical science has invented a whole range of new medicines with which to treat everything from infections to pneumonia. In many LDCs, new drugs and medicines are simply not available. 22
As stated earlier, death rates in MDCs have fallen largely because of improved health and medical knowledge and because of better health and medical practices based on that knowledge. Death rates in many LDCs remain high because the money, personnel and facilities needed to put that knowledge into practice are not available.23
Progress in medical science has, therefore, had a great effect on the population of most nations of the world. Nearly everywhere death rates have fallen. At the same time, birth rates, at least in the LDCs, have remained high. This combination of high birth rates and low death rates have led to the population explosion in many countries throughout the world.
The end of the population explosion worldwide will be determined by how much countries invest in family planning efforts to lower fertility and slow down popula-tion growth.
Different populations grow at different rates around the world. This depends on how many children families have and the number of years someone is expected to live. The population of many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are growing the fastest, especially where large families are still important. These poorer, less developed countries (LDCs) tend to have shorter lives and higher infant death rates. When couples know some of their children may die, they choose to have more. However, many couples wish to limit family size, but lack the informa-tion and means to make these choices. 24
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∙ 11y agoDeveloping countries have the availability of food, water, medical facilities, and other essential things needed for people to live. These countries are not LDC (Least Developed Countries) and so do not have shortages. They are going to be developed countries so this is the reason.
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∙ 11y agoIn developing countries there is poverty, hunger and illiteracy.So due to lack of knowledge poor people think that if they have more children they have more hands to earn.And in this way people forget that the population is growing and nothing more is done.
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∙ 11y agobecause less developed countries like Indonesia have high birth rate and a falling Death Rate, causing a high populationgrowth rate
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What is the difference between developed nd developing countries?
A developed countries means that their economy is developed ,more GDP , high living standard.a less developed country means that their is lack of lletracy less GDP and GNP
What is the difference between developing nations and developed countries?
Developing nations are generally poorer and have more people making less then minimum wage. Developed countries are richer, have relief programs for the poor and less poverty. the income level of standard living
Difference in homes in less developed countries and developed countries?
homes in less developed countries are built more poorly than in developed countries. for example, when the earthquake struck haiti and shortly sfter there was a stronger earthquake in chile, haitis affect was much worse because of their building's structures.
How can fair trade help less developed countries?
Fair trade can help less developed countries by allowing them to trade easier with more advanced countries such as the United States. When they are able to trade their goods with richer countries, it helps their economy.
Why did the modern economic growth experience of the more developed nations not spread more rapidly to the less developed countries?
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What is the difference between more developed countries and less developed countries?
Development.
Why does a more developed country has no poverty?
Every Country, no matter how developed has poverty, poverty is a world wide issue, not just in less developed countries. its just that the poverty in less developed countries is talked about more than the poverty in more developed countries.
Should more economic developed countries help to pay vaccines for less economic developed countries?
yes
What are buying countries called?
More Developed countries are consumers as they have more technology so they can focus workers on services and buy from poorer countries less developed
How does the world population change?
As new people are born and so on, the population of the world changes greatly. Colder places usually have less people whilst in hot places, there are a lot of people. LEDC's (less economically developed countries) generally have more babies because they are less educated. MEDC's (more economically developed countries) have less. In LEDC's people also have more children because it makes you higher than everyone else and you have more people to work and earn money.
What is ledc?
LEDC means Less Economically Developed Countries. Those consist of mostly African and Asian countries. MEDC's are More Economically Developed Countries, consisting of European and North American countries.
What is the difference between developed nd developing countries?
A developed countries means that their economy is developed ,more GDP , high living standard.a less developed country means that their is lack of lletracy less GDP and GNP
What single characteristic separates more developed countries from less developed countries?
Good economy activity, And money (country income)
Why are different countries less or more developed?
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What is the difference between developing nations and developed countries?
Developing nations are generally poorer and have more people making less then minimum wage. Developed countries are richer, have relief programs for the poor and less poverty. the income level of standard living
What are three types of contries in the world that exist?
The three type of countries are: More Economically Developed Countries. These are countries such as the US, the UK and Canada where people are generally rich and the country is developed. The second type is Newly Industrialized Countries. These are countries such as China which were once poor but are now becoming much richer and more modern. The third type is Less Economically Developed Countries. These are countries in Africa and South America where people are generally quite poor and the country is not developed.
Difference in homes in less developed countries and developed countries?
homes in less developed countries are built more poorly than in developed countries. for example, when the earthquake struck haiti and shortly sfter there was a stronger earthquake in chile, haitis affect was much worse because of their building's structures.
