POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
To what extent are people equal to one another?
After decades of human civilization, century after century we are ought to evolve as homo sapiens but we must really aske ourselves have we truly? Have we treated everyone around us as equals? Ignoring the fact of race,country,religion,gender etc?
Global Perspectives
A)Bangladesh
In recent years Bangladesh has implemented laws that enables woman the right to start working. But due to financial struggles among the people, the literacy rate plunges downwards.the average family in Bangladesh continue to believe the education for a boy weighs higher than the need for education for women. Income inequalities between women and men are still existent in Bangladesh. …show more content…
VAT), which has brought an unnecessary tax burden on the poor.
Corrupted financial flows .Study by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) revealed that corruption and illicit financial flows have cost African countries as much as $854b between 1970 and 2008. This amount is twice the amount that Africa received as development support over the same period.
Biased distribution of public investment Inequality upsurges when some people are given much better admission than others to vital services like education and health, or to structures such as roads or electricity.
Unfair access to land. Similarly, public policy has strong-minded access to land. In many countries we have seen processes of land concentration in the hands of a few rich and powerful individuals. Land-grabbing by foreign investors has also negatively affected the poor. Every second, poor countries loose and area of land the size of a football pitch to banks and private investors. Policy makers need to establish policies that help combat landlessness and promote equal opportunities to access land and other natural resources, such as water, that are essential to agriculture and food …show more content…
Dhuha Fadhel, an Emirati who works at the Dubai Economic Council, have confidence the country is making advancement. “A few decades back, a old-style male-controlled civilization was a bit cynical about certain ideas related to educating and empowering women,” Ms Fadhel said. “However, luckily enough, the transformation to modernity and open economy that started since the first day of the establishment of the union in 1971 has granted more liberty and equal opportunity to Emirati women.”
b)A downside is in the working inequality. Emiratis make up about 15% of the population. The government gives Emirati couples land when they marry and cash payments when they have kids. It funds their healthcare and education and also provides them with highly paid jobs.When Emiratis picnic in the dunes they toss their trash knowing the government will pay someone else from somewhere else to pick it up. South Asians work as labourers in the never ending maze of construction sites, drive taxis and sweep streets. Dubai has been built on the back of their cheap
To what extent are people equal to one another?
After decades of human civilization, century after century we are ought to evolve as homo sapiens but we must really aske ourselves have we truly? Have we treated everyone around us as equals? Ignoring the fact of race,country,religion,gender etc?
Global Perspectives
A)Bangladesh
In recent years Bangladesh has implemented laws that enables woman the right to start working. But due to financial struggles among the people, the literacy rate plunges downwards.the average family in Bangladesh continue to believe the education for a boy weighs higher than the need for education for women. Income inequalities between women and men are still existent in Bangladesh. …show more content…
VAT), which has brought an unnecessary tax burden on the poor.
Corrupted financial flows .Study by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) revealed that corruption and illicit financial flows have cost African countries as much as $854b between 1970 and 2008. This amount is twice the amount that Africa received as development support over the same period.
Biased distribution of public investment Inequality upsurges when some people are given much better admission than others to vital services like education and health, or to structures such as roads or electricity.
Unfair access to land. Similarly, public policy has strong-minded access to land. In many countries we have seen processes of land concentration in the hands of a few rich and powerful individuals. Land-grabbing by foreign investors has also negatively affected the poor. Every second, poor countries loose and area of land the size of a football pitch to banks and private investors. Policy makers need to establish policies that help combat landlessness and promote equal opportunities to access land and other natural resources, such as water, that are essential to agriculture and food …show more content…
Dhuha Fadhel, an Emirati who works at the Dubai Economic Council, have confidence the country is making advancement. “A few decades back, a old-style male-controlled civilization was a bit cynical about certain ideas related to educating and empowering women,” Ms Fadhel said. “However, luckily enough, the transformation to modernity and open economy that started since the first day of the establishment of the union in 1971 has granted more liberty and equal opportunity to Emirati women.”
b)A downside is in the working inequality. Emiratis make up about 15% of the population. The government gives Emirati couples land when they marry and cash payments when they have kids. It funds their healthcare and education and also provides them with highly paid jobs.When Emiratis picnic in the dunes they toss their trash knowing the government will pay someone else from somewhere else to pick it up. South Asians work as labourers in the never ending maze of construction sites, drive taxis and sweep streets. Dubai has been built on the back of their cheap