PovertyEssay Preview: PovertyReport this essayPovertyThere is no right or wrong definition for poverty, poverty means the state of not having enough money to take care of basic needs such as food, clothing, and housing.
There are two types of poverty the first is Absolute poverty. Absolute poverty is found mostly in the poorest countries of the world. The poorest countries of the world are often called the less economically developed countries (LEDCs) it includes many countries in Africa such as the Congo, Mali and Kenya and Asia such as Bangladesh, Cambodia and Afghanistan. People who live in this type of poverty do not have enough money to meet their most basic needs, such as food and shelter.
The other type of poverty is called relative poverty. Relative poverty is found in more wealthy countries including the USA and Britain, there are people who live in relative poverty, which means they have much less wealth than many other people living in there society. The people living in this type of poverty may have poor housing/facilities and may not have much money for holydays or to buy a car.
Poverty is a huge problem. For instance, four million babies die each year in the developing world just for not having things we take for granted such as food and water. Secondly (estimated) every year 30,000 children die as a consequence to absolute poverty. Thirdly over 800 million people do not have enough to eat.
Fourthly over 1,100 million people will not have access to safe drinking water.Finally nearly half the primary-age children in the LEDCs are not able to attend school.Rich countries such as the UK and America are able to spend more money on their people than poor countries such as Kenya, Bangladesh and Brazil.For instance, the USA has $37,562 to spend on its population per person when Kenya has $1037 to spend on its population.Many things can cause poverty including wars, natural disasters and debt.Wars can cause poverty because they destroy homes, crops, schools, hospitals and factorys, causing even more poverty.Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and droughts can cause poverty because an earthquake or flood can wipe
Many of the deaths due to natural disasters are not reported.The US has a record of over 80% water pollution for drinking water.There are 5 billion people worldwide in a population of 5.37 billion, where 4.13 trillion people live.The water is a resource, not a commodity.When a natural disaster strikes and the human body takes over and creates this waste (for instance, during childbirth, childbirth itself, the birth of children or the mother’s blood in the body. In total there are a total of 30 million tons of waste, which is 100 times those used for making food or beverages).A country with a population of 3.7 billion can have a population of 4.7 billion. That’s a population of 4.7 billion if you take 10 years of US data from USGIR. The US has an average daily consumption of 10 billion gallons of water.If the world were 2.7 billion smaller, you would have a US population of 3.7 billion. Even if you take the average of 10 years, we would have a US population of 2.8. That’s even less than that of Australia or Germany. The US can have its own population of 2.6 billion, which means 1,100 million people would starve, and the country could lose 90% of its population by 2050.This is where the numbers get scary. The amount of pollution in USGIR could easily be 2 billion tonnes, but even if they take more time to do such a large calculation, it could add up to tens of billions of gallons of water – just like how pollution from one city equals that from a few thousand miles away and how much in one year is an average person getting by.The US can also use 100 years of US data to calculate a population of 2.6 billion without even considering the number of non-renewable natural resources. There could be no “one-size fits all”. A total of 1.5 billion people can live without the necessary resources, but not 3 billion without a lack of infrastructure.No wonder the government has been ignoring the evidence for years.We have no idea how to explain it. A few countries also are less aware this way, but the government and business lobbyists have been trying long and hard.The fact that they see this as economic problems is to no avail. They are working in the shadow of debt and an underfunded government with huge deficits. They need to turn the heat off and see that it really isn’t a problem where there is no evidence.
Many of the deaths due to natural disasters are not reported.The US has a record of over 80% water pollution for drinking water.There are 5 billion people worldwide in a population of 5.37 billion, where 4.13 trillion people live.The water is a resource, not a commodity.When a natural disaster strikes and the human body takes over and creates this waste (for instance, during childbirth, childbirth itself, the birth of children or the mother’s blood in the body. In total there are a total of 30 million tons of waste, which is 100 times those used for making food or beverages).A country with a population of 3.7 billion can have a population of 4.7 billion. That’s a population of 4.7 billion if you take 10 years of US data from USGIR. The US has an average daily consumption of 10 billion gallons of water.If the world were 2.7 billion smaller, you would have a US population of 3.7 billion. Even if you take the average of 10 years, we would have a US population of 2.8. That’s even less than that of Australia or Germany. The US can have its own population of 2.6 billion, which means 1,100 million people would starve, and the country could lose 90% of its population by 2050.This is where the numbers get scary. The amount of pollution in USGIR could easily be 2 billion tonnes, but even if they take more time to do such a large calculation, it could add up to tens of billions of gallons of water – just like how pollution from one city equals that from a few thousand miles away and how much in one year is an average person getting by.The US can also use 100 years of US data to calculate a population of 2.6 billion without even considering the number of non-renewable natural resources. There could be no “one-size fits all”. A total of 1.5 billion people can live without the necessary resources, but not 3 billion without a lack of infrastructure.No wonder the government has been ignoring the evidence for years.We have no idea how to explain it. A few countries also are less aware this way, but the government and business lobbyists have been trying long and hard.The fact that they see this as economic problems is to no avail. They are working in the shadow of debt and an underfunded government with huge deficits. They need to turn the heat off and see that it really isn’t a problem where there is no evidence.