THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

Third World Countries

Third World Countries

Outline

The main purpose of the study is to provide an analysis and comparison of the geographical, education and economic factors of two third world countries South Africa and Paraguay located in South Central South America.

Introduction

Geographical Factors

South Africa

Like much of the African countries, South Africa's countryside is overridden by a high plateau in the central, enclosed by a slender narrow piece of coastal lowlands. Unlike most of Africa, although, the perimeter of South Africa's inland plateau increases suddenly to pattern a sequence of hill varieties before lowering to ocean level (Masser, 2008). These hills, renowned as the Great Escarpment, alter between 2,000 meters and 3,300 meters in elevation (Masser, 2008). The seashore is equitably normal and has couple of natural harbors. Each of the superior land features--the inland plateau, the encircling hill varieties, and the seaboard lowlands exhibits a broad variety of variety in topography and in natural resources.

 

Paraguay

Although landlocked, Paraguay is bordered and criss-crossed by navigable rivers (Masser, 2008). The Río Paraguay splits up the homeland into strikingly distinct to the east and western regions. Both to the east district formally called Eastern Paraguay (Paraguay Oriental) and renowned as the Paraneña district and the western region officially Western Paraguay (Paraguay Occidental) and renowned as the Chaco softly gradient in the direction of and are drained into the Río Paraguay, which therefore not only divides the two districts but unifies them (Masser, 2008). With the Paraneña district coming to southward and the Chaco expanding to the north, Paraguay spans the Tropic of Capricorn and knowledge both subtropical and tropical climates.

Discussion

Educational factors

Paraguay

Historically, Paraguay has not treasured education highly. During the 1954-89 time span, education plans took a backseat to financial anxieties and the task of commanding political adversaries, and educator wages dropped to exceedingly reduced levels. The constitution of 1992 tried to remedy the long neglect of education: Article 85 of the constitution demands that no government income be designated for educational expenditures (Nguyen, 2009). This assesses, although, has verified to be impractical and has been mostly ignored.

Nevertheless, democratization has been escorted by a stepwise enhancement in the education system. Spending on education has expanded, coming to 4.7 per hundred of whole household merchandise in 2000, up from 1.7 per hundred in 1989 (Nguyen, 2009). Much of the expanded funding went to lift educator wages and revise curricula. Still, Paraguayan young children spend far less time ...