Third World's Solution to First World Problem
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The collapse of a bridge in US raised serious doubts about US infrastrucuture. It shows that problems are common whether they are in developed First World or Third World countries.
"The Minneapolis bridge disaster is no isolated incident but a warning signal: More than 160,000 road bridges in the USA are considered to be in danger of collapse. Highways, tunnels, dams and dykes are in such miserable condition that engineers have long been ringing the alarm -- so far in vain." Spiegel Online International.
The report say that even newly constructed roads, road tunnels, dams, dykes are in bad shape because of incompetence of construction firms and low qualitiy material used in the construction. Sounds so similar to people liviing Third World.
It is known that Indian states responded much better to Tsunami relief than the US states to the Hurrican Katrina relief work. So how US should overcome these problems?
"The Minneapolis bridge disaster is no isolated incident but a warning signal: More than 160,000 road bridges in the USA are considered to be in danger of collapse. Highways, tunnels, dams and dykes are in such miserable condition that engineers have long been ringing the alarm -- so far in vain." Spiegel Online International.
The report say that even newly constructed roads, road tunnels, dams, dykes are in bad shape because of incompetence of construction firms and low qualitiy material used in the construction. Sounds so similar to people liviing Third World.
It is known that Indian states responded much better to Tsunami relief than the US states to the Hurrican Katrina relief work. So how US should overcome these problems?
03 Aug 2007 20:50
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Quoting from [Ganapathie]:
The collapse of a bridge in US raised serious doubts about US infrastrucuture. It shows that problems are common whether they are in developed First World or Third World countries.
"The Minneapolis bridge disaster is no isolated incident but a warning signal: More than 160,000 road bridges in the USA are considered to be in danger of collapse. Highways, tunnels, dams and dykes are in such miserable condition that engineers have long been ringing the alarm -- so far in vain." Spiegel Online International.
The report say that even newly constructed roads, road tunnels, dams, dykes are in bad shape because of incompetence of construction firms and low qualitiy material used in the construction. Sounds so similar to people liviing Third World.
It is known that Indian states responded much better to Tsunami relief than the US states to the Hurrican Katrina relief work. So how US should overcome these problems?
US is 1st world country with a 3rd world internal problems. With the money directed to Iraq War Fund, I am not surprised that the US infrastructures are in bad shape. My Berkeley alumni which is half funded by State of California and by private institution are cutting college funds to top students, preventing poor but smart students from entering good university. US is going to encounter lots of problems. I think this is just the icing on the cake.
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05 Aug 2007 22:25
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Replying to [Ganapathie]:
And india is responding SO well to the current problems?
4 helicopters for a whole province? How is that better?
And india is responding SO well to the current problems?
4 helicopters for a whole province? How is that better?
08 Aug 2007 13:23
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Replying to [Foow]: It is true that India is not always successful in responding to natural or man made disasters. But in some cases, it has shown that it is capable of solving the problem in a world class manner.
Only in developing countries, we face this problem of shoddy raw materials used in government projects. And this problem is there in Developed countires who claim to be champions of quality and regulatory monitoring.
Only in developing countries, we face this problem of shoddy raw materials used in government projects. And this problem is there in Developed countires who claim to be champions of quality and regulatory monitoring.
08 Aug 2007 20:39
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Quoting from [Foow]:
Replying to [Ganapathie]:
And india is responding SO well to the current problems?
4 helicopters for a whole province? How is that better?
Come on Foow... Stop pointing fingers and give "who can it do better?" speech
Each government is incompetence in its own ways. No government is 100% effective when it comes to responding disasters. Japanese govt had its embrassing moment too.
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10 Aug 2007 22:20
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Replying to [Thomas1976]:
My point exactly Tom..... I was kind of wondering why the post had been made in the first place... To my way of thinking, it was just a cheap shot at the US during a tradegy.............
The post has zero to do with any kind of "global trade policy" as far as I can see.
My point exactly Tom..... I was kind of wondering why the post had been made in the first place... To my way of thinking, it was just a cheap shot at the US during a tradegy.............
The post has zero to do with any kind of "global trade policy" as far as I can see.
12 Aug 2007 20:08
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Replying to [Ganapathie]:
Just goes to show problems are not unique to what you call first world or third world. It's people that make the world what it is, and how it should be categorised. The lesson is in the disasters and how they're dealt with by respective governments, or more appropriately by the people in the governments. India, US, Taiwan, China, Japan, Indonesia and many other modern states have had their bad encounters with nature. Bridges in this case may be man-made, but at the end of the day it's possible nature/earth that may have disagreed and therefore played a part in the disaster.
As to relevance in global trade policies, I should think wider in terms of world policies in regard to materials allowed to be manufactured, moved across borders, imported or otherwise used by people in the trade, or the manner in which projects are awarded and managed by people.
In the third world people often contribute to disasters. No difference in the first world, or the second, wherever that might be.![[em10]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_silly.gif)
Just goes to show problems are not unique to what you call first world or third world. It's people that make the world what it is, and how it should be categorised. The lesson is in the disasters and how they're dealt with by respective governments, or more appropriately by the people in the governments. India, US, Taiwan, China, Japan, Indonesia and many other modern states have had their bad encounters with nature. Bridges in this case may be man-made, but at the end of the day it's possible nature/earth that may have disagreed and therefore played a part in the disaster.
As to relevance in global trade policies, I should think wider in terms of world policies in regard to materials allowed to be manufactured, moved across borders, imported or otherwise used by people in the trade, or the manner in which projects are awarded and managed by people.
In the third world people often contribute to disasters. No difference in the first world, or the second, wherever that might be.
14 Sep 2007 04:31
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