Description
The developing and emerging world has been an area of great academic focus since the 1960s. In today's world, over one-third of the people on earth live in poverty. For a variety of reasons, they have inadequate diets, health care, and shelter. Since the publication of the Millennium Goals by the United Nations in 2000, must great attention has been paid to reducing poverty, along with improving education, health and nutrition, and life expectancy. This course will examine the all-to-common problems faced by developing countries, and the attempt by these nations, as well as the global community, to enhance their quality of life. Each student will write a research paper on a particular developing country which they will share with the class. Cross-listed as POS 336.