Solutions for the Third World

Possible solutions to the problems depicted:

- encourage labour-intensive industry in rural areas to stop rural exodus

- support an ecological beneficial agriculture /
spend more money on improved methods of irrigation (Bewässerung)

- slowly build up an adequate infrastructure both in the cities and in the country

- encourage work-study projects for young people so that they can both have an education and earn money

- abolish discrimination (caste system of land ownership) so that fewer people are forced to leave the villages

- limit the excessive population growth

- increase the literacy rate

- giving housing priority

- give project-linked aid to small ventures in rural areas (cottage industry, cooperatives etc)

vocabulary

awkward – misslich, peinlich
absurd - lächerlich, albern
absurdity - die Albernheit
lunacy – Irrsinn
punch – das Durchsetzungsvermögen
lack of love – Mangel an Liebe
to disapprove of - jmdn./etw. ablehnen
to be triggered off - ausgelöst werden
to become vicious/mean - gemein werden
the quarrel abates - der Streit klingt ab
to abate - abklingen
to underline - unterstreichen
to emphasize - betonen
to stress - betonen
to point out - ausdrücken
to illustrate - zu veranschaulichen
to highlight - hervorheben
vivid - lebendig
adds poignancy - fügt Schärfe hinzu
serve as an illustration - dienen als Illustration
narrative technique - Erzähltechnik