Why Third World Diversities and Dilemmas for Development Discourse?

The world has been divided in First and Third World. The problems are more serious to the poor groups and they are the most victims. They are suffering from poverty, displacement, unemployment and so on. Affluent groups are not losing since they are in better position to adjust to change.

Development is not undertaken to provide opportunities to any particular group. It seeks to promote wider national interests for the benefit of all. For the same reason, the environmentally harmful technologies, the dependence on non-renewable resources, and even the possibilities for tragic calamities are also seen as acceptable risks. Social, cultural and political systems reflect an innate human attribute of decision-making on what is good or what is bad, and together decide the direction for development.

Still, there is no doubt that without irrigation works, it is impossible to meet the demand of growing populations for food; without hydro power the programs of industrial growth will come to a halt; without transportation and such basic amenities as housing, water, etc. the life in cities just cannot move on. The fact also needs to be faced that the process of development affects different groups differently. Some stand to gain, while others lose. This seems to be a continuing dilemma in development.