Regulatory Concerns Affecting Developing Nations

Consumption in Developing Nations

Language Education Policy in Developing Nations from Colonization to Postcolonialism

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role that colonization played in language education policy and illustrate the need for first language instruction. Using postcolonial scholar Franz Fanon, the reasons for and consequences of using a second language medium of instruction in postcolonial nations are explored. Colonial languages were used to reinforce the imperialistic goals of ...

Regulatory Protectionism, Developing Nations, and a Two-Tier World Trade System

Textile Trade Liberalization: Concerns about Widening Gaps among ASEAN Nations

Among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), there are wide economic gaps between more developed countries including Singapore and Thailand and less developed ones including Vietnam. The gaps represents one of the largest obstacles to realizing the ASEAN’s goal of market integration and the situation is at risk of getting even worse next year, as it is increasingly l...

Small science: view from developing nations.

A 36× enlarged triply periodic porous cube of photocured polymer, 60 millimeters in total length, shown refl ected off a pool of uncured resin. Computer-aided design makes it possible to tailor materials with control over porosity, pore size, and mechanical properties. These materials may subsequently fi nd use as scaffolds for tissue engineering and cell-laden hydrogel constructs. See the spec...