David Reisberg

David Reisberg

Friday, January 28, 2011

What can be done to solve world poverty?


THE DIRTIEST WORK: Women in the Bihar state of India, one of the country's poorest, carry away the contents of latrines. Only members of the untouchable caste perform that low-paying task
JAMES NACHTWEY / VII  TIME Magazine



                                                                    
According to www.globalissuses.org, on the causes of poverty include,"a lack of individual responsibility, bad government policy, exploitation by people and businesses with power and influence, or some combination of these and other factors." "Many feel that high levels of inequality will affect social cohesion and lead to problems such as increasing crime and violence." "Inequality is often a measure of relative poverty. Absolute poverty, however, is also a concern. World Bank figures for world poverty reveals a higher number of people live in poverty than previously thought." "For example, the new poverty line is defined as living on the equivalent of $1.25 a day. With that measure based on latest data available (2005), 1.4 billion people live on or below that line. Furthermore, almost half the world—over three billion people—live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day."
I feel that poverty can be controlled with adequate clean water supply, the depletion of corruption with in each owns' country's government, and less of a gap between the rich and poor classes.  At the larger extent of ridding poverty is possibly supplying an adequate health care and most importantly educating the people.  The people of  these poverty stricken countries need more knowledge about AIDS and malaria, ways in which to improve agriculture, and healthier solutions on disposing of the deceased, fecal matter, and the mounds of garbage that have accumulated over time.

http://world-poverty.org/solutionstopoverty.aspx



1 comment:

  1. Well done, David. Watch how you incorporate quotes into your own writing. Be sure to introduce the quote, give the quote, and then explain the quote.

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