Developing country? - Page 2

Originally posted by: chatbuster

lol. so do you think we should add something like a toilet index to the pantheon of international economic indicators? 😉 😛😆

😆😆 haan, idea achha hai. zaroor add karna chahiye. yaar, bola na different pov hai per sateek hai.....galat naheen hai yeh toh maantey ho na😆

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

ewwwww....kuchh zyada hee graphic naheen ho gaya😆😆

nope. getting real graphic would require more dimensions than distance alone.😛 apart from comfort levels, point is i think style does affect whether cleanliness is possible.😊

Originally posted by: chatbuster

lol. so do you think we should add something like a toilet index to the pantheon of international economic indicators? 😉 😛😆

Yes.. we call it Charming (as in toilet paper) indicator when packing for a trip abroad.😛 Indicator base set to 1 always and one can go higher depending on where and how long the trip will be.😆

Originally posted by: raj5000

Even the countries that have attained the prime position as compared to other nation still they need to constantly qualify as a developing country, becuase without constant improvement they might fall back.

Question comes how does one define a developing nation, is it economic growth? OR per capita income? OR happiness index of citizens? OR increase in education/special skills? or something else?

all these are valid benchmarks. in fact if u ask an economist, she might stress economic numbers such as per capita income. if u ask a sociologist, they might stress welfare and societal aspects, aspects that allow a citizen to belong, to be taken care of etc. if you ask a health worker, they might talk about health and longevity of life. ditto for an education worker.

other than that, on one extreme, we have countries that lack the basic 3 things- roti, kapda, makaan. they are clearly undeveloped, in an absolute sense, not just in a relativist sense. as we go higher up the scale, the sustenance and materialistic needs are mainly taken care of and we get to quality of life issues, longevity of life included. health, happiness, upward mobility all become more important, though harder to define and measure objectively. somewhere in between, the country is still developing. in the absolute, it's also possible with technological advances for everyone to be developed. development is not a zero-sum game.

Originally posted by: SholaJoBhadkey

By the state of it's public toilets! 😊

😆😆 by that standard USA is a developing nation.. its public toilets are not worth a visit in many towns...😆

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

😆😆 by that standard USA is a developing nation.. its public toilets are not worth a visit in many towns...😆

actually some of the best colleges have had the worst toilets in their dorms. true here as well as back there. those are some of the unsavory abiding memories one has of those places. other than that, i think the toilets in europe are universally worse, except for the scandinavian countries. just thought i shld provide some inputs into what could be the next State of the Toilet speech, instead of State of the Union speech, from the president.😆

Originally posted by: chatbuster

actually some of the best colleges have had the worst toilets in their dorms. true here as well as back there. those are some of the unsavory abiding memories one has of those places. other than that, i think the toilets in europe are universally worse, except for the scandinavian countries. just thought i shld provide some inputs into what could be the next State of the Toilet speech, instead of State of the Union speech, from the president.😆

😆.. With nicks like shoo shoo, goo goo, poo poo, chee chee, this obsession with toilets is ever increasing.. 😆😆

developed nation:
A country with a relatively high standard of living, achieved primarily through social, economic, and technological infrastructure. The nations of Europe (including Russia), the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand are referred to as developed, or industrialized, nations.

developing nation:
A country with a low standard of living, generally indicated by severe poverty, low income and education levels, high birth rate, and poorly developed social, economic, and technological infrastructure. This term has become favored over "Third World," which gained popularity in the mid-20th century. Many countries of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America, and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) are referred to as developing nations.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/glossary.html

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

every developed country is going to have some percentage of its population which is stark poor. similarly every developing nation will have a some percentage of its population that is super rich. just because developed country has some dirt poor people and developing one has some filthy rich...it doesn't really change the categories they fall into.

similar assertions can be made for the health welfare and access of medical aid in both countries. on an average, developed countries will have a better standard of living than a developing country. i feel this rule applies to the state of public toilets as well.

i really do not want to harp on the public toilet system or get stuck on it but wanted to address the comments made about u.s. having filthy public toilets. agreed, one can find a small percentage of public toilets in the u.s. that r filthy. on the contrary, most r filthy in india...only a small percentage will be clean. i think the comment was a generalisation...just like the standard of living in a developed nation is "generally" higher for most as compared to a developing nation.

@qwerty: nice comeback on the nick names crack 😊

I am glad at least some people got it 😛

My point was that in any country, basic public facilities are a huge indicator of its developmental status, hence the rather crude but basic example 😊