Industrialization in Third World Countries: Effects and Factors

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Industrialization in third world countries
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Introduction
Anyanwu, J. C. (2014). Factors affecting economic growth in Africa: Are there any lessons
from China?. African Development Review, 26(3), 468-493.
This author documents about some of the factors that affect the overall economic growth in
Africa in relation to some of the fundamental lessons learnt from the rampant developments
witnessed in China in the early years. History documents industrialization as the period of both
social as well as economic change that saw the gradual transformation from a completely
agrarian society to an industrial society. Industrialization was coupled with quite a number of
aspects such as re-organization of the economy but in this case for the sole purpose of
manufacturing. Various reasons have promoted and some have hindered industrialization in third
world countries. This report will however, focus on some of the effects of industrialization in
third world countries and some factors that hinder industrialization in these countries. What is it
exactly that has been brought about by the onset of industrialization in third world countries will
be the focus of this particular paper.
Effects of industrialization on third world countries
Cherng, H. Y. S., & Hannum, E. (2013). Community poverty, industrialization, and
educational gender gaps in rural China. Social forces, 92(2), 659-690.
These two authors are economists that looked deeply into the issue of community poverty,
industrialization and educational gender gaps in Rural China and compared them to Africa and
other developing countries across the globe. They mentioned quite a number of things. First and
foremost, industrialization has led to an increase in the gap between the poor and the rich in the
society. Here the rich continue getting richer while the poor get even poorer. The richer are often

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the factory owners that control the factories and the economy at large. The poor on the other
hand the poor comprises of the less fortunate who work at these factories and get paid a
minimum wage. In addition to this, there were other health effects that were caused by
industrialization.
Cherniwchan, J. (2012). Economic growth, industrialization, and the
environment. Resource and Energy Economics, 34(4), 442-467.
This author unveils issues in regard to economic growth and industrialization, He says that the
age of industrialization saw the onset of very many industries. In developing countries the effect
was very rampant as these were believed to be the areas that had all sorts of natural resources.
Inappropriate exploitation of resources has resulted to pollution which has brought about health
problems. In most developing countries health standards and the right regulations do not exist
and when they exist then they are not functional enough to ascertain a safe working environment.
Thus people are exposed to various forms of pollution ranging from air, water among others and
end up contacting all sorts of illnesses such as cancer, tuberculosis among others.
Gereffi, G., & Wyman, D. L. (Eds.). (2014). Manufacturing miracles: paths of
industrialization in Latin America and East Asia (Vol. 1189). Princeton University Press.
These authors mentions on some of the paths of industrialization in Latin America as well as
East Asia. In so doing they identify some of the effects of industtialization on developing
countries. They mention that Industrialization has also had some really positive impacts on the
economy of most third world countries. Industrialization has for instance resulted to job creation
and employment among various people in developing countries. Statistics show that 34% of the
population in most developing countries has had their livelihood as a result of industrialization.