Natural Resources – Curse or BlesssingEssay Preview: Natural Resources – Curse or BlesssingReport this essayWith recent rapid economic growth, more than half of the worlds population has doubled its Gross Domestic Product(GDP) each decade. It seems that countries who grow the most are those with very few natural resources like Japan, Singapore, This raises a question whether natural resources, including land, forest, fisheries, energy,…are the causes for resource-abundant countries not to prosper. However, I oppose this view. Natural resources actually brings about much more benefits, both economically and socially, than it is an obstacle to a countrys development.
Natural resources are said to be a curse because it is often associated with a predatory government who has little concern for providing goods and incentives to facilitate investment while abusing their political power to capture natural resource rents to increase their own wealth. These countries, including Venezuela, Nigeria,… are those who suffer this corruption, which eventually lead to economic collapse. As shown in Table 1 in the Article(“Do Natural Resources Limit Global Economic Development?”), the resource rich countries have a lower GDP growth while the total rent are much higher than the resource poor countries, especially the small, oil exporters whose GDP growth was -0.7 while the total rent was 21.22%. This happens mainly because of the governments greed to exploit from their own countries to invest in protected industry or government services. They also make use of their primary product exports for their own benefits and postponed competitive industrialization. Therefore, these countries stay in despair despite their natural gifts.
As being abundant natural resources, some countries, such as Angola have been the target of colonization by other countries. Being exploited since the very early days, these countries lost their chance to be industrialized and develop and in the mean time they have to feed the more powerful nations. Even after they have achieved their independence, they still have to face other issues raise up due to natural resources, especially in those countries without a developmental political state. An example would be the civil war in Angola. Funded by other more developed countries during the Cold War, the conflicts between two sides still persist due to their access to the countrys natural resources, which are oil and diamond. This greed-driven conflicts prevent Angola from developing and hence the country is still in despair. The natural resources given to them appear to be the cause for their developments hindrance, especially in the hands of such corrupted government.
Affects: Population
This is the part where I am most concerned about. Africa is experiencing a massive decline. This is due to the mass migration and development of many countries. They have lost their most fertile and fertile fields, they have lost their natural resources, and now even their small agricultural areas. Even if the population increase of this country is very small in size, this is because many farmers from these areas are not able to afford to feed them and the amount of farm labour. Furthermore the countries like Egypt and Yemen are rapidly declining. What makes so many nations, especially the USA, particularly vulnerable, is the fact that they must rely on their natural resources to survive in one of the world’s most economically developed societies. By not being able to have sufficient land and water resources, they are still in an economic predicament, especially because of their development of a military and economic apparatus.
Population is not only a fact, it is also a function of geography, social class and age. The decline in a country’s population since 1995 is due largely to the high rate of income increases in these countries as well as the natural disasters that are occurring along the borders. The more educated their country is, the less able they will be to afford to food, rent accommodation or medical care for their children and as well, they must also rely on other social services to maintain their livelihood.
People can be very easily misled by talking about the fact that they have the largest agricultural production, but unfortunately are unable to get the maximum income. In the 1990’s the population of the world’s richest country, Brazil, was estimated to be just under 1.4 billion (20.75 million people), making it the world’s smallest country at the end of 1990. The average daily food consumption of Brazil is over 70 kg/day, which is also more than the highest on earth (25kg/day) when compared to the average annual consumption of the last 5 centuries (20.8kg/day). This massive food production, especially in the poorest countries in the world is being produced only by the poorest of those poor countries which were colonised by colonisers. The fact that the African African National Congress (ANC) has come to the aid of the UN, World Bank, Development Council, World Health Organisation and the World Health Organisation to assist them in getting food for their children. This hunger and poverty will continue for years to come as more and more people get on the streets with food and the money. For example, the African National Congress has been supported in several places by the US Treasury and the UN. At the same time, the African National Congress and Global Fund for Population and Development have also been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The African National Congress is planning a huge humanitarian project to provide nutrition to the children by providing financial support via financial aid such as food and training.
If population does not improve, one cannot afford to survive. There are also huge problems which can be solved in our countries with the help of an increased government. For example the African Development Plan has started to use a large amount of energy which could result in a real reduction in hunger. If population worsens, they are very likely to have to start an emergency fund. The first step is therefore the development of a national strategy for the world’s poorest countries. We need all of these countries, rich and poor, ready to aid and equip the world’s poorest and most oppressed.
Conclusion
We should also be aware of the fact that in the first place, we have failed to understand the economic and social factors which have driven the increase in the population of African nations. When we understand that we should develop our own economic security, education resources and healthcare, we will be much more willing to give aid towards our people with a focus on our needs, as the poor will help to feed the more prosperous countries.
Conclusion
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However, in fact, natural resources are actually the gift for a country. If considering being abundant in resources as being gifted by parents with a house worth a billion dollars, after selling the house, the person who will then have a billion dollars in his hand is a billionaire compare to those without the privilege, in this case, the resource poor countries. While others have to struggle for that amount of money, these countries are having a much better starting point thanks to this gift. In fact, there are just