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abumusa · Member

RE: POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Date: Apr 14, 2013

Poverty is brought to the world with the mankind. It is as old as the civilisation itself. But putting it in a general view and focusing on trends, we can be sure that as mankind made progress, poverty decreased. We can trace such a pattern in the course of history. For example, the mine workers of 1700s or 1800s were much poorer than any modern mine worker. But does that really make sense for a man or a woman, whose life is very short compared with all the mankind's history. Absolutely not. What happines can my grandsons or granddaughters blissful living give me, 200 years after my death... Life is short, whether you are a king or a slave...

jide thomas · Newbie

poverty in African countries is as a result poor attitude towards developing our own countries,we should stop blaming our colonial masters for our woes,the day we realizes that we are our each others keepers that is when we will liberate our selves from poverty.African countries has so many natural resources that we can develop for the sake of African people but due to our own selfish interest we will never do it.instead we prefer selling our natural resources to foreign friends in power they will use it for there own development.Africans we need to wake up,there is need for to rise and face reality that until we forgot our selfish interest and unite no matter your race,culture, color language and background and see ourselves as one, development will continued to elude us.

Date: Apr 18, 2013

Yes,infact it's really sad to see how poverty has really impoverish the developing countries especially Africa,west africa to be precised.We're are fortunate to have the best of resources but failed as citizens to broaden our scope of thinking in manufacturing ability.

Here we find ourselves of struggling in illegal mining which is now the major job of the rural community citizens in Ghana.I think it's now time to hold our leaders accountable.

jews · Newbie

make strong laws and order, give equality and justice that will alleviate, poverty my friend!

zlatko07 · Member

I think most to blame for the poverty in any country of the world are politicians.

kiddo · Veteran Member

With the economic recession biting the United Kingdom hard, the nation is facing rising levels of poverty. Eur ozone countries such as Greece, Spain, and Portugal have also been hit heavily by higher levels of unemployment and inflation rates.

The situation though is far worse in developing countries, especially in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa. Though academic research has shown that there has been a general reduction in extreme levels of poverty in developing countries across the globe, serious problems remain. A large section of the world’s poor are still left without the basic necessities of life, are malnourished and destitute.
We asked Labs participants how they defined poverty and what they believed were the causes of extreme levels of poverty in developing countries, in deprived regions such as sub-Saharan Africa.
Causes of extreme poverty

Participants outlined different causes as to why extreme levels of poverty exist in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. Participants were largely divided in their opinions
Political regime & dictatorships:

A large number of participants remarked that the political regimes in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa had caused extreme levels of poverty to exist. Most participants in this group outlined that much of the economic wealth was in the hands of a dictatorship, rather than being dispersed out to the people.

Participants also noted that these political regimes were highly corrupt and had economic programmes which did not create growth, but instead made the rich richer and the poor poorer in society. These reasons, plus a lack of development and accessible education was perceived as a root cause.
Western Countries & The Global Order:

A large section of participants suggested that rich western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom are to blame for the plight of the poor in destitute countries. Participants cite the colonization period, using examples such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe where colonialism had exploited these countries and led to tribal divisions, religious conflict, and Civil wars.

Similarly, participants also remarked that under the colonial period, valuable resources such as diamonds and oil were taken from these countries and given to rich Western countries, which have arguably caused long-term poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

A minority noted that the current global order is to blame, with certain dominant global powers and international organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund not doing enough to help the plight of the poor in impoverished countries. On the other hand though, some participants questioned the effect of international aid and outlined its limitations.