Volunteer Work Thailand, Volunteer in Thailand for Free. Why are some countries poor? « Make Wealth History. Here’s a question that needs to be addressed – why are some countries poor? Often our answers seem to fall into one of two camps. We either believe the rich countries exploit the poorer ones and it’s the fault of the west, or we believe the poor countries are corrupt and pretty much deserve what they get. So we end up thinking of the third world as either helpless victims or money-grabbing scroungers. Neither of these extremes does justice to the third world and the predicament it is in. In our modern world, wealth depends on trade, in goods or services. Geographical factors: climate, landscape, natural resources and stabilityPolitical factors: poor management, corruption, trade laws, and political instabilityCultural and social factors: discrimination, population and culture.
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