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Poverty
Poverty is one of the biggest problem in this world.Many people don’t
have food, clothes, shelter and safe drinking water. Poverty is the
state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Many
different factors have been cited to explain why poverty occurs :
unemployment ; the institution of property rights ; the very high
subsidies to and protective tariffs for agriculture in the developed
world.High levels of corruption undermine efforts to make a sustainable
impact on poverty. Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt
real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less
discussed.
The effects of poverty may also be causes, as listed above, thus
creating a "poverty cycle" operating across multiple levels,
individual, local, national and global.Those living in poverty and
lacking access to essential health services, suffering hunger or even
starvation experience mental and physical health problems which make it
harder for them to improve their situation. hose living in poverty
suffer lower life expectancy Every year nearly 11 million children
living in poverty die before their fifth birthday. Those living in
poverty often suffer from hunger.800 million people go to bed hungry
every night.Poverty increases the risk of homelessness.There are over
100 million street children worldwide.Increased risk of drug abuse may
also be associated with poverty
Poverty often drastically affects children’s succes in
school.Unfortunately, there is a high risk of educational
underachievement for children who are from low-income housing
circumstances. This often is a process that begins in primary school
for some less fortunate children. These children are at a higher risk
than other children for retention in their grade, special placements
during the school’s hours and even not completing their high school
education.
Poverty reduction is any process which seeks to reduce the level of
poverty in a community, or amongst a group of people or countries.
One theory for reducing poverty suggests that raising tariffs and
import substitution leads to greater wealth by protecting the country
from the deeper inequalities of what is called free trade.
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