the signs of a first world become a 3 world country or the reverse?

Question

Can anyone explain the signs of a first world country becoming a third world country? Does it start with the fall of health care and education?
Also the sign of a 3 world country becoming a first world country. Can that happen with a big population like China.

Answer 1

Well-

The the first signs of a first world becoming a third world country, hmm first of all this is very unlikely...

But hypothetically speaking..it all starts with government and leadership, because this dictates health care, education and so forth..

China becoming a first world country? well that depends...
As a communist country this maybe hard for non-communist countries to accept.
And well it maybe hard for China to become a first world country due to it's dictatorship. Even though they are huge exporters of technology and other valuable goods, it all starts with the government. It's all about politics...Besides, a huge portion of China is still in poverty...ppl, groups, organizations are trying to alleviate proverty, so with that it looks like China becoming a first world country still looks minimal..although we can hope for the best!

For First World Countries becoming third this is least likely...

Poltics..Trade..this all matters..

Phew...

I only wish there was no poverty :(

Answer 2

You don't want to get hung up on the categories of 1st world and 3rd world / developing world too much.

There is a lot of poverty in many 1st world countries that parallels some developing countries. Some segments of the population suffer poor health, shorter life expectancies and poor education, etc.

A country like China is a long way from matching the average living standards of the US, even if it may soon match the US in terms of GDP. But, China has pulled over 400 million people out of poverty in the past decade.

There are examples of many countries that can no longer be regarded as developing countries in the traditional sense. Even most Sub-Saharan African countries have been growing at between 4-8 per cent for the past ten years.

The world economy is changing significantly. Placing countries into the categories that were used during the cold war isn't really helpful in undertanding what is new about the 21 century.


Oh, and there are no signs of 1st world countries becoming 3rd world countries. That doesn't make much sense. There are examples of former world powers becoming insignificant on the world state. Britain has been dealing with this for the past 100 years.

Answer 3

Look at the "four tigers" for examples of third world countries becoming first world countries. As far as a first world country going the other way, I guess war would be the fastest way to cause this reverse.

China is working hard to become a first world country, and maybe a good example of a first world country going the other way. China was a super power for a long time--invented gun powder, pharmacies, the compass, and paper to name a some of their contributions. China had such advanced technology for the time they basically decided the rest of the world were monkey people and closed their doors. China, as an isolationist country, stopped inventing new things and growth simply stopped.

Answer 4

I think in terms of currency because people all follow the money. We are trying to be led into buying the Euro dollar to unite 3 and also, on our shores by NAFTA to link USA with Canada and Mexico (3 again.) The third world countrie(s) will be swept under either umbrella. From 2 camps will come the One World Money Market eventually, but you and I won't live to see that happen!! Hope that made sense. @8-)

Answer 5

Third world is a Cold War designation. It is a developing country that did not align with either the US or the USSR. Now the world is view in terms of developing nations -- a nation with few resources and no stable central government -- or developed nations -- industrialized, a diversified economy, and a stable, orderly system of chance in power.