Diseases of poverty reflect the dynamic relationship between poverty and poor health; while such diseases result directly from poverty, they also perpetuate and deepen impoverishment by sapping personal and national health and financial resources.
Globalisation affects poverty indirectly and has 2 effects: beneficial and negative effects.1)Foreign multinational companies are setting up their businesses in developingcountries and taking away business from the domestic competitors. Thus,
since “multinationals locate most of their assets, owners, top managers, and
research and development activities in their home countries” local companies are
going out of business and people are becoming poorer.
GP
Poverty
Why the need to solve?
Universal Declaratrion of Human Rights: Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Future economic/ trade/ political/ defence benefits
Improve bilateral ties
Prevent backlash
Gain international support
Stimulate self-sufficiency
Reduce crime
Improve social stability
Moral obligation
Improve political stability
Solutions
Skills upgrading
Redistributive fiscal policies
Fiscal policy is the use of government expenditure and revenue collection to influence the economy.
Promote the practise of Meritocracy
Use of technology
Government handouts
Susidised healthcare
Minimum wages
Subsidised housing
Philanthropy
Good governanace
Eliminate unfair trade practises
Extenstion of loans
Debt cancellation
Land reforms
International Aid
Examples of aid
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA), implemented on February 2 2006, first ever law internationally, that guarantees wage employment at an unprecedented scale.
Rich countries
Institutions able to provide aid
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
United Nations
World Food Programme --> Fights hunger
IMF
World Bank
Types of Aid
Technical
Monetary
Food
Reasons
International competition
Emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship
Unemployment/ Limited job opportunities
Large families/ lack of birth control
Foreign debt
Low economic growth/ low productivity
Disproportionate centralisation of power
Instead of having a network of political representatives distributed equally throughout society, in centralized systems of governance one major party, politician, or region is responsible for decision-making throughout the country.
Sole reliance on agricultural cycles
Natural disasters
Poor geographical location
Corrupt government/ officials
No access to technology/ inability to improve technology/ update technology
Aging Population
High population growth/ high birth rate
Discrimination towards the poor/ social inequality
Poor economic structure
War/ civil unrest
Lack of skills/ education/ improper training
Issues of/ Related problems of
Mortality rate
Unemployment
Quality of life
Slums/ Unsuitable housing/ Living conditions
Prostitution
Advancement in technology/ Science and Technonology
Countries able to have the latest science and technology have a greater foothold over those who do not have the technology
Science and tech sold for profits = poorer countries cannot afford it.
Automated machines replacing manual labour
Nuclear Weapons
Bio-piracy
Exodus to urban areas
Diseases
pneumonia
Measles
Tuberculosis
Malaria
HIV Aids
Crime
Child Trafficking: Enslavement, prostitution, slavery, pornography, begging, organ trade, child soldiers, so on and so forth.
Statistics by UNICEF report that:
1) Between 30 and 35 percent of all sex workers in Southeast Asia are between the ages of 12 and 17.
2) More than 16,000 Mexican children are engaged in prostitution.
3) Between 20 and 50 percent of Lithuania prostitutes are believed to be minors.
4) Children as young as 11 have been found working as prostitutes.
5) Children as young as 10 years of age have been used to make pornographic photos and/or movies.
Healthcare/ Medical care
Trade Issues/ Protectionism
Food shortage/Food inflation --> Malnutrition/ Starvation
Social Tensions
Resources Management
Employment
Income Inequality
Rich-Poor Divide
Globalisation
Environment
Technologogy
Education
Crime & Punishment
Current Singapore Issues
Freedom of Expression
Sport
