The focus of this research paper will be to look at the reasons why individuals are living in poverty in Central America and what affects it has on those presently living there. Poverty has been a reoccurring issue within many Central American’s lives. Poverty can be described as having the lack of funding and resources to support a given population (CITE). Not only are many Central Americans living in poverty, many actually live below the world poverty line. For many of those who are living in or below the poverty line in Central America, common issues and effects coincide. The three main points for why they are living in poverty will be the issues from a lack of reliable income sources, issues stemming from unreliable government leadership,
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A good example for how lack of employment corresponds to poverty is the country of Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the second poorest country within Central America, but more importantly, employment rates are above 30 percent. It has also been estimated that two-thirds of those living in Nicaragua are making approximately two dollars a day. Similar numbers can be found for Guatemala and El Salvador which make up the Northern Triangle, which make up the most under-privileged part of Central America. A stable economy can’t be built without the opportunity of jobs and enough money earned to support them. The agriculture job sector makes up many jobs for those in Central America (CITE). There is a definite lack of skilled jobs that require higher education. As for now, agriculture will continue to be the focus of labor force within Central America. With the lack of skilled jobs, being able to grow and sell or trade crops would be the most common form of employment. The economy of Central America is not stable enough to support an influx of new jobs that require skills and education. In the past decade, there has been no production of jobs that are considered highly skilled. Highly skilled jobs are considered to be jobs that require specialization in an area or field. The numbers of high skilled jobs within Central America, is considerably lower than that …show more content…
When looking at countries or a region of that has had a substantial amount of monetary issues, government normally plays a major role. The government of Central America is supposed to efficiently manage the economy and ensure the safety of those who are living in Central America. The governments of the neighboring countries that makeup Central America, often have disputes between one another over various issues (CITE). Around the border of Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua), border disputes have been constant over the past several decades (CITE). There are numerous areas around the borders that are used for things such as drug trafficking and unprotected border crossings. Mexico's current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has discussed manning the borders for illegal crossing and drug activities, but this will not occur unless changes are made to the border workers and within the local governments. There is not a joint effort on border control between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. The government in Central America does not have the time or workforce needed to support all of the issues being faced with poverty. Many of the government officials will often waver from one side to the other on issues which ultimately leads to inconsistency and undermining of any progress made by past officials (CITE). It has also been noted
A good example for how lack of employment corresponds to poverty is the country of Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the second poorest country within Central America, but more importantly, employment rates are above 30 percent. It has also been estimated that two-thirds of those living in Nicaragua are making approximately two dollars a day. Similar numbers can be found for Guatemala and El Salvador which make up the Northern Triangle, which make up the most under-privileged part of Central America. A stable economy can’t be built without the opportunity of jobs and enough money earned to support them. The agriculture job sector makes up many jobs for those in Central America (CITE). There is a definite lack of skilled jobs that require higher education. As for now, agriculture will continue to be the focus of labor force within Central America. With the lack of skilled jobs, being able to grow and sell or trade crops would be the most common form of employment. The economy of Central America is not stable enough to support an influx of new jobs that require skills and education. In the past decade, there has been no production of jobs that are considered highly skilled. Highly skilled jobs are considered to be jobs that require specialization in an area or field. The numbers of high skilled jobs within Central America, is considerably lower than that …show more content…
When looking at countries or a region of that has had a substantial amount of monetary issues, government normally plays a major role. The government of Central America is supposed to efficiently manage the economy and ensure the safety of those who are living in Central America. The governments of the neighboring countries that makeup Central America, often have disputes between one another over various issues (CITE). Around the border of Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua), border disputes have been constant over the past several decades (CITE). There are numerous areas around the borders that are used for things such as drug trafficking and unprotected border crossings. Mexico's current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has discussed manning the borders for illegal crossing and drug activities, but this will not occur unless changes are made to the border workers and within the local governments. There is not a joint effort on border control between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. The government in Central America does not have the time or workforce needed to support all of the issues being faced with poverty. Many of the government officials will often waver from one side to the other on issues which ultimately leads to inconsistency and undermining of any progress made by past officials (CITE). It has also been noted