Ingrid Snook, Chapter 13, Question 2

Throughout this chapter, Wheelan emphasizes the negative long term effects that come with third world countries and the ineffective way richer countries try to improve them. Wheelan breaks down this chapter into about 9 issues that should be focused in on for improving third wheel countries. One that he focused on that shocked me the most was his paragraphs on the equality of women. In many many countries there is still massive gender inequality and it's incredible to see what a difference that could make eliminating that for a third world country. Utilizing every oersons talents and knowledge seems like such a basic thing to improve human capita, but it is obviously lost in a lot of countries. This concept seems like it is one that could be improved and have positive effects in the future, but it will only change if people want the change. Unlike some other issues mentioned in this chapter (war, the discovery and use of natural resources, and geography) that will not always and cannot be prevented, gender equality seems like a change a country could make toward self-sufficiency and improvement.