Transition is better than developing the even make sense when – distinction doesn’t some so-called developing nations are more like the U.S. than not WorldTeach 12 World on Namibia: A Country In Teach, “Reflections Transition” 3-9-12 easy to attach the word to any country not as advanced as it’s “developing” I think as a westerner, the United States. Advanced by [whose] standards? Namibia has more In many ways, commonalities than differences to the US. For example, they were colonized by Germany in the same way that we colonized the Their culture and history is very much influenced by Germany and the to US music as well as America’s. Dutch. Namibian’s listen there own local and South African house music. They have water purification plants, in addition to alternative energy plants. Their cars are the They have malls, same, all the same companies are and Volkswagon and many more. represented….Toyota, Honda, Gmc, Ford, salons, grocery stores, computers, real estate development, gas stations (albeit full service..it’s awesome, I seen those in the us in years!), modern go on and on. I find it interesting haven’t medicine, hospitals, clinics, universities…the lists a more appropriate word is in “country that we still call them a developing country. In my opinion, i think because of the development of the government. transition.” I say this Namibia gained independence on it’s March 21 1990. They have been a fully functioning, growing and adapting country for decades. Like any other newly independent country, with the independence comes a newly formed government , governing body. This is where I find the country to be an amazing “transitional”. It’s country with a hardworking and dedicated government. But it is new! With that, you find the established governmental programs that we don’t have in the west. For example, currently there are not programs established to accommodate the homeless, the hungry or the emotionally or not to say these things they just need the time and the money to work it all out. Kids go to school physically disadvantaged. That’s aren’t coming, from 7am to 1pm. The government is not in a position to provide lunches for the children, so they must go home for lunch.
Transition is better than developing – the distinction doesn’t even make sense when some so-called developing nations are more like the U.S. than not WorldTeach 12 World Teach, “Reflections on Namibia: A Country In Transition” 3-9-12 I think as a westerner, it’s easy to attach the word “developing” to any country not as advanced as the United States. Advanced by [whose] standards? In many ways, Namibia has more commonalities than differences to the US. For example, they were colonized by Germany in the same way that we colonized the America’s. Their culture and history is very much influenced by Germany and the Dutch. Namibian’s listen to US music as well as there own local and South African house music. They have water purification plants, in addition to alternative energy plants. Their cars are the same, all the same companies are represented….Toyota, Honda, Gmc, Ford, and Volkswagon and many more. They have malls, salons, grocery stores, computers, real estate development, gas stations (albeit full service..it’s awesome, I haven’t seen those in the us in years!), modern medicine, hospitals, clinics, universities…the lists go on and on. I find it interesting that we still call them a developing country. In my opinion, i think a more appropriate word is “country in transition.” I say this because of the development of the government. Namibia gained it’s independence on March 21 1990. They have been a fully functioning, growing and adapting country for decades. Like any other newly independent country, with the independence comes a newly formed government , governing body. This is where I find the country to be “transitional”. It’s an amazing country with a hardworking and dedicated government. But it is new! With that, you don’t find the established governmental programs that we have in the west. For example, currently there are not programs established to accommodate the homeless, the hungry or the emotionally or physically disadvantaged. That’s not to say these things aren’t coming, they just need the time and the money to work it all out. Kids go to school from 7am to 1pm. The government is not in a position to provide lunches for the children, so they must go home for lunch.
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