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Differences in Communications Connectivity Around the World

This piece explores key differences in global communications and connectivity, focusing on economic issues such as dollarization, exemplified by El Salvador's shift in 2001. It highlights the commodity chain concept and its impact on global markets, along with significant barriers to economic development, including low social welfare, high birth rates, poor healthcare, and political instability. The article also addresses pressing health concerns like malaria, which claims 150,000 children monthly, particularly in vulnerable regions like Tamolo, India.

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Differences in Communications Connectivity Around the World

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  1. Differences in Communications Connectivity Around the World

  2. Dollarization – Abandoning the local currency of a country and adopting the dollar as the local currency. El Salvador went through dollarization in 2001

  3. Commodity Chain Series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution and resulting in a commodity that is then exchanged on the world market. Dolomite stone from Jerusalem covers a fireplace in Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

  4. Barriers to Economic Development • Low Levels of Social Welfare • Trafficking-bullied into poor working conditions • High birth rates, Low life expectancy, large number of dependents • Lack of proper health care • Poor water supply & sanitation • Widespread Disease vectored diseases-spread by a host • Malaria-kills 150,000 children each month • Political Instability-military dictatorships, corruption, revolution • Foreign Debt • World Bank or International Monetary Fund • Structural adjustment loans-economic reform required

  5. Foreign Debt Obligations Total interest payments compared to the export of goods and services.

  6. Foreign Debt Obligations Foreign Debt and Economic Collapse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001

  7. Widespread Disease • Malaria kills 150,000 children in the global periphery each month. Tamolo, India This baby sleeps under a mosquito net distributed to villagers by UNICEF workers.

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