Is there any efficient way to help third world countries?

Question

considering the following problems:
-corrupt political systems
-poor housing and health provisions
-money owed to other countries
-lack of development
-lack of education

Answer 1

first thing
voting the right person to be in the government
the one can really help those who in need
wise
can make great laws..

Answer 2

The "new" name for these countries, "Developing" countries, sums up the problem and the solution.

They have NOT yet developed as countries. Sure, they have wealthy and educated leaders, but as a nation, and as people, they have not yet developed to the degree that we have. If you look at Europe in the Middle Ages, that just about sums up most of the countries in Africa.

They fight each other, a very small nucleus of the population accumulates vast wealth, while the people are poor and uneducated.

The only difference is, they have 21st century weapons. Watch the news when they show the poor populations of war-torn countries who are starving - what you see are women and children. The men are off in brand new 4x4s, using sophisticated weapons to kill each other.

The only long term solution for the people of these countries is the passing of time - education and the accumulation of the skills needed to run countries is the what they need. We can pour money in in aid, we can beat ourselves up that it is "our" fault because of colonisation, but the answer really is that Man has evolved at different speeds and they haven't reached our level of development.

And before the liberals start, have a look at the UK before and after the Roman occupation - their colonisation of Britain led to us speeding up the process that led to us achieving our true potential as a major force in the world, militarily, industrially, politically and economically.

In my view man has yet to reach his full potential. We are such talented and skilful creatures amongst the creatures on this planet, yet we still have a long way to go. Peace, the end of inequality and the sharing of resources is not yet the norm, but I have a great faith that Man is inherently good and will one day reach a much higher level of sophistication. The people of the Third/Developing world have the same journey to make - they just have a few more centuries to catch up.

Answer 3

Third world countries will never change until all the civil wars and unrest in these countries stop. Getting a lest corrupt government in will also help, and taking out the armed militias that rules town's around this third world countries. Then this moves will allow them to move forward into self-sufficiency, these countries leaders have become to dependent on the outside world, for almost all of their peoples needs( our tax monies, church offerings, donations of clothes and other items).

Answer 4

Many third world countries suffer from civil strife and civil wars. There are 41 major wars currently in the world today. Most are in those countries.

I think we should heed the words of President John F. Kennedy. He said, "...and to the citizens of the world, ask not what America can do for you, but what we, together, can do for the freedom of man."

When these nations stablize their own governments and infrastructures, then the problems of their societies will drastically improve. The US, or the UN for that matter, can do little to get into the business of nation building.

Answer 5

Most of the third world countries have been 'made' that way with many years of occupation, sucking of wealth. Wars (both internal and external) shattered them.

Latest example of Iraq.. It can become a fourth world country sooner. After couple of years, US will think that their job is done which will lead to a civil war. But the country will struggle to get back on it's own feet. It will breed corruption and greed which will in turn pull it back from development.

The countries that caused the chaos (knowingly or unknowingly) must help them. They must encourage trade and exports from those country instead of treating them like 'markets' where they sell their stuff. They should treat them as 'sellers' and buy from them.

Teach them how to 'fish', instead of providing 'fish' to them or the worse 'fishing' them.

All you mentioned in the above are the effects of 'poverty'. If someone is in deep 'sh1t', he will stink, look dirty etc., Get him out of it and other effects will slowly vanish.

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Adding after seeing few responses here...
Take the example of India, a developing/third world country. It had the most advanced universities (Taxila, Nagarjuna etc.,) even before Christ was born. It continued to cherist and excel and was far ahead of other countries that were struggling with crusades and invasions until t itself became the victim of the first brutal Invasion by Muslims during 900 AD. Since then until 1945, it was completely robbed, tarnished, destroyed by foreigners. Now people say that it is a third world, poor country. For me it looks like you stole the wealth of a person, you become rich then you make fun of that guy saying that he is poor.

Answer 6

not unless they are willing to be helped? And we have tried for centuries to help them and look what is still happening in Persia? Go back to Alexander the Great, he tried too, and conquered but they still were Infidels and won't change then and won't change now! Too much brainwashing! maybe 100 years from now or sooner depending on how many bombs we drop! But one thing is for sure those 363 boxes of cash and 12 billion dollars worth won't help will it? they just stole it all! Now we are broke and they bought more weaponry and aid from Iran? Great move Bush Clan! No more aid with money ever! We will inevitably save what we can but no more or we will lose! you have to cut the head of the snake first in order to skin it, and we did that but the snake will still wiggle for a while. So until the spirit dies out we won't be able to help them! I don't see that happening they have too many allies and too much power behind them that wish to see us destroyed! the helping period is over it is the 21st century, and enough is enough! Careless as it seems we blundered into these areas for years and it has come back to bite us in the butts for feeding them! So embargo on !

Answer 7

There are ways to help on a basic-survival level. The Peace Corps helps to dig wells, for example--for some 3rd world villages, that's the most important thing they could ever pray for. Other people are teaching villagers to grow more hardy crops or, in the case of one flooding country I heard about, to plant their crops on floating rafts. That's one of those "teach a man to fish, and he can eat for a lifetime" moves that's huge. Basic medical care, like from Doctors Without Borders, makes a huge difference as well. While they may not be able to help the majority of the suffering, they make all the difference in the world to the people who they *do* get to.

ETA: Wow... there's something weird about being down-thumbed for *not* suggesting we send pallets of money....

Answer 8

In my country for example corruption is the biggest problem and it's the first obstacle i think, cause even if the government decides to take correspondent measures to fight against that, it will be impossible, because the ones who adopt laws and the ones who must assure the execution of that laws are the corrupted ones...

Answer 9

>Corrupt governments: I think the best way to improve this is to lend support to reform and resistance movements as long as they are not using terror tactics.
>Poor housing/health: Send the ACOE (Army corps of engineers) to re-build and train others on how to re-build. Also, offer incentives for healthcare professionals to spend a 6-10 month period of service helping improve basic health conditions.
>Debt: I'm afraid this one's out of my league
>Development: ACOE and other organizations that specialize in re-building infranstructure and training other to maintain it.
>Education: Offer incentives to educators in the same way as healthcare professionals.

Just a few ideas.

Answer 10

Well, there's this old saying, "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". We can't just give them our resources, we have to teach them to be self reliant. We have problems of our own. How many countries do you see coming to aid us. Don't we have children starving here in the U.S.? Aren't there homeless people out here that need shelter and care? I bet there aren't any ads to help people in the U.S. running in those countries. Their leadership needs to step up and be accountable. We cannot save the world, it has to want to save itself.