...POVERTY A MAJOR ISSUE Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health, education, clean water, nutrition etc. It is a condition in which one income is not sufficient enough to fulfill his basic needs. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own. In Pakistan it is not a yesterday born issue, it is eating up Pakistan and now it has spread out its circle to a larger radius now. Historically it began just with independence because of lack of proper resources at that time. In 1980 there was a slight decline in its level but the level again risen up after 1990 and till now it is rising with fluctuation of time. Currently about 35% of Pakistan population lives below the line of poverty. Mostly people of rural areas live below the line of poverty and two third of our population live in rural areas. Scenario is also not different in urban areas where 40% population of urban area live below the line of poverty. Currently poverty is the cause behind many critical problems in Pakistan on one hand but it is also outcome of many other problems. There are a lot of reasons behind poverty. Mostly people blame politics and politicians as one of the reason for prevailing poverty. Some call it lack of good leadership, some call it bad government policies and some call it bad politics but they all are same in one. Politicians are some time not sincere for eradication of poverty and some do not have proper plan for its solution. The policies adopted by different government only cause...
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...do we have to help the poor? Where the poverty rate in the world and in America is growing continuously and dangerous? Helping the poor is the duty of every member of society and governments. Several reasons for poverty are education, health, racism and others. Helping the poor should not just by providing them with money, food, clothes and housing. We should look for and solve the main causes of poverty. I am with helping the poor for several reasons, but not the usual ways, because helping the poor by just providing for their needs keep the problem of poverty continuous and increase the percentage of the poor. Also the problem of poverty causes other problems, such as an increased percentage of crimes, decreased percentage of safety, and decreased the economy, and failures to address the problem of poverty exacerbate the problem and create other problems. Those who are opposed to helping the poor or solve the problem of poverty may not realize that this problem may be reflected on them in the future for other problems. If we do not help the poor, crime rates will go up, and this affects the economy, which means an increase in the poverty rate. Education is closely related to the problem of poverty. For the illiterate person or someone who has a little education it is difficult for them to find any kind of job to fulfill the needs of themselves and their family. I do not mean education as just learning in the school, but also education and training for professions and trades...
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...when he addressed that it was time to “declare an unconditional war on poverty”, infusing his dreams under Kennedy’s legislative agenda. Although Congress did not approve for Kennedy’s tax bill that called for dramatic tax cuts for middle-class Americans, Johnson was able to add on the War on Poverty to the bill. He centralized his focus on poverty because as a young man he was able to witness how Mexican Americans were stricken with poverty.Confronted by the firsthand challenges, Lyndon...
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...contributing member of society is its goal. It is more desirable to be a mature and productive adult than to remain a child or child-like. The same goes for the development of nations and their economies and political and social systems. It is the goal for developing nations to mature and become stable contributing members of the global community and economy. In human development, part of becoming an adult is gaining the ability to be self-sufficient and having the confidence to continue to be so. Once again if we apply this idea to the development of nations, part of developing is becoming a nation that is sustainably self-sufficient. Obviously the development of third world countries is vastly different from human development, but if you look at the factors that contribute to successful human develop you can generalize them to fit with the development of nations. Whether talking about the development of a human being or a nation, almost everyone would agree that there are fundamental elements that ensure success. Those elements are proper nutrition, good health, education, positive reinforcement and confidence, ability to take care of one’s self, and stability. Michael P Todaro and Stephen C. Smith define the traditional view of development as “the capacity of a national economy, whose initial economic condition has been more or less static for a long time, to generate and sustain and annual increase in its gross national income (GNI) at rate of 5% to 7% ore more.” (14)...
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...The Effects of Poverty The effects of being poor can be felt by everybody in society — from lower class to the highest level of government that try to solve the problems. Whether it is being sick or committing crimes daily, poverty will reach out to every phase of life. There are many things that get affected by poverty such as Health, Education, and Economy. A standout amongst the most extreme impacts of neediness is the wellbeing that is quite often exhibited. This includes things from infections to the future to medication. Illnesses are extremely basic in an individual's living in destitution because they fail to possess the assets to keep up a solid living environment. They are quite often ailing in nutritious nourishments, which diminish their bodies' capacity to battle off infections. Sanitation conditions are generally low, expanding the shot of getting a sickness. Some of the time these sicknesses can be minor, yet other times they can be life-threatening. All in all, individuals living in neediness can't bear the cost of proper drugs to treat these ailments. Hope for a better future and child mortality are significantly influenced by neediness. Insights demonstrate that the life in poor countries is 30 years less than that of well off countries, such as the United States. Child mortality is shockingly high in poor nations; 13.5 percent of kids pass away before the age of 5 in poor nations. This number is normal for poor nations; however, some African countries...
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...always become hard to explain what poverty is, and the cause. Poverty has lots of different definitions which resulted from different understandings or perspectives of people. Poverty is an age-old concern’, however, we cannot talk about any common or general reason of poverty. We can find many different reasons that engendering poverty and it is obvious that in every different age, the causes of poverty are changing. So, the dynamics of societies and relations are very effective factor that directly affecting poverty. This assumption seems more accurate for especially capitalist era. Naturally, there could be many different reasons of poverty between nations or within nations. However, I think capitalist production relations and the structure of global economy are the most effective factors that create poverty in all around the world. According to an article in the New York time, written by Paul Krugman in 2008, “Poverty is Poison”. The article states that according to neuroscientists “many children growing up in very poor families with low social status experience unhealthy levels of stress hormones, which impair their neural development.” The effect is to impair language development and memory and hence the ability to escape poverty for the rest of the child’s life. I think this has great impact on both poverty among nations and poverty within nations. Poverty among nations can be thought as a direct result of the structure of global economy. Rich and powerful countries can...
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...Abdul Asif 3/9/2015 The Effects of Poverty The effects of being poor can be felt by everybody in society — from lower class to the highest level of government that try to solve the problems. Whether it is being sick or committing crimes daily, poverty will reach out to every phase of life. There are many things that get affected by poverty such as Health, Education, and Economy. A standout amongst the most extreme impacts of neediness is the wellbeing that is quite often exhibited. This includes things from infections to the future to medication. Illnesses are extremely basic in an individual's living in destitution because they fail to possess the assets to keep up a solid living environment. They are quite often ailing in nutritious nourishments, which diminish their bodies' capacity to battle off infections. Sanitation conditions are generally low, expanding the shot of getting a sickness. Some of the time these sicknesses can be minor, yet other times they can be life-threatening. All in all, individuals living in neediness can't bear the cost of proper drugs to treat these ailments. Hope for a better future and child mortality are significantly influenced by neediness. Insights demonstrate that the life in poor countries is 30 years less than that of well off countries, such as the United States. Child mortality is shockingly high in poor nations; 13.5 percent of kids pass away before the age of 5 in poor nations. This number is normal for poor nations; however, some...
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...II. BODY POVERTY DEFINEDhbernard Shhtaw, “peducation, housing and fair treatment under the law. We will examine the inequalities of treatment recorded to the poor in each of these areas, and the resulting degradation is the quality of their lives. The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: “Povergrgfrbfr I n addition to a lack of money, poverty is about not being able to participate in recreational activities; not being able to send children on a vdsvcdsour economy. Whilevrdvny definitions, one thing is certain; poverty is a complex societal issue. No matter how poverty is defined, it can be agreed that it is an issue that requires everyone’s attention. It is important that all members of our society work together to provide the opportunities for all our members to reach their full potential. It helps all of us to help one another. Joseph Julian, Social Problems: 3rd Edition (Prentice Hall, Inc. 1980), p.256. George Ritzer, Social Problems: Second Edition (Random House, Inc. 1986), p.341. http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/content/what_is_poverty.html CAUSES OF POVERTY 2. Cutback’s in health, education and other vital social services around the world resulted from structural adjustment policies prescribed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank as conditions for loans and repayment. In addition, developing nation governments are required to open their economies to compete with each other...
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...Labor: Threatening the economy and well-being of children Child labor has existed throughout American history and throughout the world for many years. A quote from Lewis Hine in 1980 states: "There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profits only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” As factories started to assemble, most owners preferred children as their workers because the owners thought them as “more manageable, cheaper and less likely to strike.” The industries children usually worked for were mines, glass factories, textiles, agriculture, canneries, home industries, newsboys, messengers, bootblack and peddlers. During the Industrial Revolution, children at four years old were employed and dealing with dangerous and sometimes fatal working conditions. Now, because of new child labor laws in the United States, industries are going overseas to produce their product in countries that still use child labor. Developed countries consider these actions to be human rights violations and are illegal, while some undeveloped countries will allow or tolerate child labor. These children who are in these factories in different countries are costing the company less because of their wages, when they could have their factories in the States, producing jobs and cash flow in our economy. Child labor violates the common good by threatening the long-term growth of the economy and the well-being of...
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...indicators of the four countries as well as the trends over time. The development indicators include: Health – This is a state of the whole physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. A person can be in good health and poor health. Health is not just a feature of the daily life; it also appears frequently on the political landscape (Bury, 2005). Education – this is the act of teaching or getting general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself for developed life. Poverty and inequality- it refers to a social phenomenon under which the standard of living of individuals and households in a community or country is persistently below a certain level required physically for sustaining human life according to some accepted social norms (Bhalla & Qui, 2006). Inequality is the gap between the rich and the poor. GDP per capita- this is a core indicator of economic performance and commonly used as a broad measure of average living standards or economic well-being despite some recognised shortcoming (OECD, 2011). Low income economy (Mozambique) Mozambique is a low income country in southern Africa, the country is bordered by the Indian Ocean, and it was involved in a civil war lasting from 1977 to 1992. About 54% of the population are living below the poverty line (WHO, 2009). Health- the civil war had a huge contribution to the down fall of the...
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........................................................ 5 2.2 Definition: What is globalisation? ………………………………………….... 6 2.3 Difference between developing and industrialised countries……………........ 6 2.3.1 Facts and background of India and Germany ………………………………... 7 2.3.2 ILO Convention no. 138 …………………………………………………….. 8 2.3.3 Perception of child labour in society ………………………………………… 8 2.3.4 Laws and how they are executed……………………………………………... 9 2.4.1 School attendance rate ……………………………………………………… 10 2.4.1 School drop-out rate ………..………………………………………………. 10 2.5.1 Structural change and the state of economy………………………………… 11 2.5.2 Digression to historical development in Germany………………………….. 11 2.5.3 Deriving historical insight in present India…………………………………… 12 2.6.1 Value of the individuals workforce…………………………………………… 12 2.6.2 Distribution of income………………………………………………………... 12 2.6.3 Poverty and workforce………………………………………………………... 13 2.7 Globalisation and its impact on child labour……………………………………. 13 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………... 14...
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...Evaluation of St.Lucia Poverty Reduction Strategy [Type the document subtitle] 5/2/2011 808011470 807004688 808010033 807001237 807004522 Table of contents -Profile of Country……………………………………………………….3 ~Economic ~Social - Poverty Profile .........................................................................................9 ~Trends ~Segments most affected - Detail of Strategy ………………………………………………………16 ~Evaluation of Past Strategy ~Sustainability - Recommendations and Findings……………………………………….23 Saint Lucia Country Profile The Caribbean island of St. Lucia is made up of a population of approximately 170,000 with an annual growth rate of 0.74%. The demographics of the population is made up of 90% persons of African descent, 6% mixed, 3% East Indian and 1% Europeans. Their religions include Roman Catholic, Seven Day Adventists and other various Protestant denominations. The official language of St. Lucia is English although French patois is common across the country. The literacy rate among adults is a high percentage of 94.8%. In terms of health, St Lucia has a infant mortality rate of 12/1000 and the life expectancy of men is 73 years and that of women is 76 years. Unemployment rates are approximately 15.7%. Their style of governance is that of Westminster- style parliamentary democracy having gained their independence on February 22nd, 1979. In terms of the economy, St. Lucia has a GDP...
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...| Poverty Then and Now | SOC-100 | | 5/11/2014 | | Poverty, While it still exists, how far have we come in ten years and what can we do to help. Poverty In this paper I will be discussing how far we have come from poverty in ten years. I will touch base on three main reasons why poverty still exists within the United States today. First reason unemployment, second reason is education, third is Health care. I will also discuss what Obama Care is and how it can change people’s lives in the future. Unemployment is one of the main reasons why poverty exists in the United States. If there are no jobs then how can people live? In 2004 the unemployment rates were down by the end of the year to 5.4 percent. The reason for this was because the economy created more than 144,000 jobs for Americans. Within the next couple of years the unemployment rate had a boost and went up in 2009 to a record of 10.0 percent. Now if we bring ourselves to the percentage of today’s unemployment rate we are back down as of April of this year to 6.3 percent (Bureau of Labor Statistics). The reason the unemployment rate went back down is because jobs refuse to hire any new employees until they know for sure the economy will remain stable. I understand that, but with no jobs for people how can people survive? One thing that plays a big roll with jobs these days is education; so many jobs want you to have a degree in order to work. Education plays a big roll...
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...As the world economy is advancing rapidly, the issue of poverty still prevails and is nowhere close to eradication in the seventh largest economy, India, also one of the world’s poorest countries (“World GDP Ranking,” n.d.). A large sector of the population is deprived of the basic necessities of life. The main cause for poverty in our country is the growing population which has limited resources at its disposal for exhaustion. At present, India has a population of 1.28 billion which will only increase with each day (“India Population,” 2015). In addition to this, unequal distribution of resources, lack of infrastructure and perennial unemployment also contribute greatly. Procreation and demographic variables, mainly population, affect poverty...
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...billion people live on less than $700 a year. As a result, 33 thousand children are dying every day in developing countries. Each minute, more than one woman dies during child birth. Hundred million children, most of them girls, are out of school due to poverty. The term ‘Third world’ is a label that describes the states that are considered to have under-developed standards concerning their economy, standards of living, health, education, globalization, or other factors of improvement. They have major common characteristics that are: their capita incomes are low, this poverty leads to shorter life expectancies, higher rates of infant mortality, lower levels of education, and higher levels of population that are engaged in agriculture. Moreover, their exports are from the primary sector and they have low growth rate of income and low levels of productivity. They also have high levels of population growth rate. In addition to one common political situation; most of the third world countries were colonies of the former powers of Europe and Asia. Most of the newly independent countries aimed for two objectives: Development and Independence. In general, development means the enhancement of people’s life styles through improving their education, their incomes, and their skills; it also increases the basic needs of people such as having shelter and feeling secure within these shelters. In the developing countries, one of the most important factors of development is information. Development...
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