Poverty reduction

“Education is the key to success” Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “ everyone has the right to education” (UN). Is education the solution to Africa’s poverty? Several studies have linked lack of education as being one of the reasons for under -development in Africa. My essay is going to explore this notion and also other core issues that I felt were imperative for the development of Africa. The other matters I look into are Poor governance, Civil war and…

enjoying the highest rate of sustained growth of over 6% since the days of independence. The structural reforms are having positive flow-on effects on investment and consumption. The country has halved the national poverty rate to 31.5% in 2010 from 59% in 1991, and the urban poverty rate to 22% from 45% in the same period . Both local and foreign investors and develop partners are increasingly seeing Bangladesh as a smart place to put their money, especially in the sectors of oil and gas,…

The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) is a policy research organization in New York whose focus is on the family homelessness throughout the United States. According to the website, homelessness is a national issue, but it can be solved at local levels through tailored solutions that work best for individual communities. For this reason, this website seeks to provide information on how the problem of homelessness can be solved through involving homeless families. Here,…

CHAPTER 6 – SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 6.1 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION In her quest to tackle the issue of poverty in Ghana, and further build upon her achievement of being the first country in the West African sub region to meet MDG 1, the Government of Ghana has rolled out a number of social interventions and policies aimed at alleviating poverty. As part of its measures, the Government in…

Around the world, progress has been made to reduce extreme poverty. Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than USD $1.90 a day, was reduced from 12.4% of the world’s population in 2012 to 10.7% in 2013. Unfortunately, the rate of global extreme poverty remains significantly high (approximately 1.2 billion people) and progress has not been shared equally across all regions.1 The reduction of extreme poverty occurred primarily in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific region. 1 Sub-Saharan…

equality and non-discrimination are obligations and do not need justifications. The challenging gap between poor and rich is even more troublesome to fix. Distributing a portion of the wealth to the poor may alleviate poverty but can cause many other dilemmas. A way to completely eradicate poverty with no repercussions has not been discovered. Every idea follows consequences. It has now become a very important, popular topic. Income inequality isn’t new, but it’s the new economic issue of the…

Impact of poverty on health The impact of poverty can be felt on facets especially amongst the family at risk. When discussing the impact of poverty on the overall health of the families at risk in general, it is important to consider the impact on three different aspect that is the impact on hunger; the impact on access to access to health care and the undernutrition during pregnancy. Hunger In a general term, hunger can be said to be a feeling of discomfort that emanate as a result of the body…

Such development formed and widened the gap between social classes, namely high, middle and lower one, primarily in developed nations. Poverty, a consequence of this socio-economic development has resulted one of the global issues. Some people who gain more benefits from the society are more affluent, while the others, especially those who are left under the ‘poverty line’ are defined as the destitute. The destitute refers to the ‘disadvantaged’ or the ‘homeless’ who have potentially become a…

When a criminal justice professional comes into the realization of poverty, their environment takes on a whole new perspective. People living in poverty and social exclusion come into contact with criminal and administrative controls and sanctions more than any other group in society. Having to deal with poverty is an ill-fated reality. About 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every four seconds, and sadly, many…

development. The primary challenge stemming from this debate, according to de Haan, has focused on the capacity of recipients to make effective use of aid flows to reduce poverty. He argues that “though the aid industry now has a much better understanding of the importance of good policies, or governance, for development and poverty reduction, it has—at the same time— learned that it is extremely difficult to change policies.” Thus, overall this challenge pertains to the question of whether to…