SENTINEL WATCH November 7, 2005 Issue

GOD'S PROVISION FOR EVERYONE

LYLE YOUNG

at the last meeting of the G8 this past July, some of the world's leading countries made forgiving the debt of some developing countries a priority. The discussion in the media at that time again highlighted that on a global level the problem is not lack of resources but the poor distribution of those resources. This is also a big problem in many individual countries.

At the heart of the discussion lies the question of what constitutes resources. Traditionally, people have seen these as natural resources—oil, bauxite, paperor lumber-producing forests, for example. But increasingly around the world we are seeing the key resources as more mental in nature.

For example, India, a country not rich in natural resources, has become a hotbed of software and other computer development. Or consider how, with tremendous energy, the people of Hong Kong have attracted investment and created wealth while having virtually no natural resources.