Globalisation:
Country Studies

"The world is like a human body: If one part aches, the rest will feel it; if many parts hurt, the whole will suffer." [Todaro]

As strategies of sustainable development in all its dimensions not only have implications to the country where they are being implemented, but also affect countries which are not directly involved in the implementation of respective policies, the more important it is to take into account structural diversity and uniqueness of particular regions, to take a closer look at those countries, where preconditions of sustainability may significantly deviate from these of industrialized countries.

LDCs, MDCs, transition economies, emerging markets or NICs, they - under very different circumstances - all have in common that they are regions in a development process, which will either bring them closer to the structural, economic and social patterns of industrialized countries, or will allow them to establish their own diverse features at a higher level of living standard. The challenge is to find out the specific meaning of sustainability in such regions, to define strategies to direct them towards sustainability, give solutions for their implementation and analyze their spill-over effects to industrialized countries.

On the other hand, the dominance of industrialized countries has severe impacts on these countries. The positive side is, that industrialized countries could indirectly contribute to or foster sustainability, e.g. by enhancing sustainable principles for FDI or fair trade. However, the negative side is the tendency of industrialized countries to outsource production either to circumvent legal standards in their respective home country, or to profit from cheap input factors. In both cases, the conduct of the industrialized countries itself becomes a determining factor for LDCs, MDCs, transition economies, emerging markets, etc. to successfully set up a sustainability framework.

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