poverty

1. Poverty

2. WHAT IS POVERTY ?
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money.
The world bank describes poverty as:
Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time.
3. The Causes of World Poverty
1. Natural disasters

Destroys homes, businesses and crops

4. People loose their homes and their jobs 5. Disease spreads quickly; people die or cannot work 6. Infrastructure (roads and railways) are damaged making recovery of homes and businesses very difficultSome developing nations are particularly prone to natural disasters due to the geography of the country, e.g. Bangladesh floods regularly due to low-lying land.
2. War and Civil Unrest
Government spending is on weapons and army wages.
Kills family wage-earners so families suffer.
Destroys farms and businesses
Workers are killed or disabled by loss of limbs, meaning they cannot work and cannot pay tax
Without tax from individuals and businesses, government cannot pay for hospitals, schools and roads
3. Unfair trade and Cash crops
Many developing nationsemploy all their land and people in producing just one kind of crop that is sold for cash to the rest of the world. For example, tea, coffee, bananas, cocoa, nuts. These are cash crops.
When supermarkets in rich countries want to buy these goods they insist on only paying a low price, so that they can make a large profit.
The farmers do not make a fair price for their
crops.
The governments of less economically
developed nations producing these crops
does not earn enough tax to pay for schools,
hospitals and roads.
4. National debt
Many less economically developed nations have borrowed large sums of money from wealthier governments
The loans are granted by wealthy nations because they can charge large amounts of interest
The government in poorer countries has to spend all its income from taxes on repaying debt, rather than improving the lives of their citizens.
This was the focus of recent drop the debt and make poverty history campaigns.
5. Disease
Diseases such as HIV/AIDs and malaria cause great suffering and poverty in many less economically developed nations
When an adult man or woman is unwell, not only do they suffer, but their children and their whole community suffers the loss of that person to ill health.
The viscous cycle of poverty is very difficult to break
11. 12. The Need for World Development
It is our moral duty to help those who need help.
We are one global society, and should care for all members of our global community
Only by fulfilling our responsibilities to others can we claim to have rights for ourselves.
13. Let's stop this ... NOW!
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