We are no longer just talking about the preference of privilege by higher education institutions, but rather the privilege of preference--or lack thereof--of the student in developing or
newly industrializing countries like ours.
Europe and socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, also industrialized, followed by Japan, and later the
newly industrializing countries of South Korea, Taiwan, Hongkong and Singapore.
A great push in growth can be noticed while comparing the CEECs with the EU, the Euro area and the
Newly Industrializing Countries. The reference years are 2000 and 2012.
The need for investments and reforms continues to be enormous, both in the large
newly industrializing countries as well as in Asia's poorer countries.
For new students of political science as well as those already familiar with the subject, this collection of readings attempts to define the core ideas of comparative politics and is divided into 11 sections: What is Comparative Politics?, The State, Nations and Society, Political Economy, Democratic Regimes, Nondemocratic Regimes, Political Violence, Advanced Democracies, Communism and Postcommunism, Less-Developed and
Newly Industrializing Countries, and Globalization.
At the same time, there is large variation within this North-South framework: as the transnational economic complex extends to
newly industrializing countries, these countries draw nearer to older industrial economies in their consumption levels; the industrialized nations of the United States and Canada consume nearly four times the amount of fossil fuels as countries like Sweden and Malta; and within nations there is a spectrum of resource use between citizens and regions.
One business symposium, for example, will look at the
newly industrializing countries of Eastern Europe: the VDW reports that exports to Russia rose 57% last year, those to Slovakia by 51%, and to Romania by 40%.
Since a radical restructuring of the Fund--for instance, a considerable strengthening of the voting rights of developing and
newly industrializing countries or fundamental changes in the provision of liquidity--is not forthcoming, East Asia and Latin America, each in a very different fashion, are currently developing methods of emancipating themselves from the IMF.
With the rapid and successful economic growth in the
newly industrializing countries (NICs) of East Asia, the rising middle and upper classes have increasingly recruited hired help from Southeast Asia.
For example, the increasing international interactions served as a favorable opportunity for the
Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) in the 1960s, while the expanded economic integrations were blamed for the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
Many
newly industrializing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America are distancing themselves from ODA, as private sector capital plays an ever-greater role in their development.
While they intensify their investments in NET and the
Newly Industrializing Countries show remarkable ability to follow suit, African nations are not involved and seem to be slipping backwards in terms of their ability to cope with industry and technology.