Poverty In Africa

What is surprising by most is how Africa is one of the largest known continents and being one of the richest when it comes to natural resources. However, the countries that make up Africa and the people living in these countries are known to be living in devastating poverty. How can it be that this plentiful continent of natural resources, Africa’s people are living in poverty and living in the poorest conditions? With Africa being such a rich continent of natural resources why are the countries within Africa so poor? Take for instance, the countries Ghana and Nigeria There are many countries within Africa but the main focus will be on the country of Ghana and the country of Nigeria. Both countries are poor and the people there are in poverty. Ghana has been struggling with poverty and being poor for quite some time and has been slowly trying to work its way out of poverty. In an article called “Microenterprise financing preference” There have been some laws now put in place to try and reverse the poverty and help Ghana. (Osei‐Assibey, E., Bokpin, G. A., & Twerefou, D. K., 2012). Nigeria has also been quit poor for some time and the people struggling with poverty.

The article which I chose to summarize is “Clean Your Plate. There are People in Starving in Africa!”, written by Timothy W. Jones. This article addresses the excessive wastefulness of food and resources in the United States. I particularly agree with how the author describes, not only the amount of food that is thrown out, but also the amount of money that it translates to. I would recommend this article to businesses, in particular, as it could be an eye-opener. The author examines three different perspectives of wastefulness: Food loss in general, losses as they relate to the farming industry and the wastefulness of food in the retail food industry. The author’s purpose of this article is not only to highlight the fiscal irresponsibility

Modern African states have various problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. Africa’s ongoing political instability and economic crisis have hindered the improvement of Africa. Thus, the lack of money, advancement in technology, and climate has hampered economic development. Despite European mistreatment and oppression African’s have endured hardships that have encouraged economy, education, and political

The disproportionate rates of poverty among African americans has continued to be a persistent social problem that the United States faces. “The purpose of this article is to examine how poverty has been approached in the media, specifically on the opinion pages of American newspaper.” Poverty is often explained in three different ways. The first explanation is blaming the person for ending up in poverty. As people often associate poverty with a lack of responsibility and it has also been noted that poverty is blamed on the poor when race is involved. As the media shows the poor are frequently the minorities and the African Americans, even though most welfare recipients are white. The next explanation is the culture of poverty theory. The founder of this theory has said even

countries to the United States, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. When people don’t get enough food, money,

Poverty can come from war, inequality, and bad government policy. Poverty is having little or no money and not having the right necessities. Nearly half of the world lives in poverty, and eighty percent of the population lives under 10 dollars a day. The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in poverty ever since 1997. This is because the Militia owns the Coltan mines. The Militia takes the Coltan for themselves and sells it to big companies like Apple, Samsung, and Dell. On the other hand, the miners only get ten to fifteen dollars a week, and some miners only make a dollar a day. To make the DRC better for its citizens, the government needs to take over the mines and pay the miners fair wages, that will help the poverty problem and the global economy.

infectious immune disease has had a devastating impact mentally, physically, economically and socially since this pandemic began. Sub-Saharan Africa is about 15% of the worlds population, and it

In my situation, I am very fortunate to be brought up in the environment I'm in. I have a roof over my head, food to eat, clean clothes on my back, fresh water to drink, and another day to live. In Angola, children die every day from malnutrition and diseases like malaria. They don't receive the proper treatment needed because families don't have enough money. So many of us are so fortunate to live the lives we have, but we don't give a second to realize that children all over the world are dying everyday from being neglected. In Angola, the country is rich in oil. There are cities that flourish in wealth that you wouldn't even think that poverty exists. However, the outside doesn't always match the inside. The government has neglected them

Ending world poverty is not an easy task. Many have tried to end this global problem with the notion that there is enough for the whole world. However, some regions have failed to succeed in the trial to end deprivation. In spite of the failure to end poverty, people like Jeffrey Sachs continue to have the optimism to demolish poverty. Class assignments reading and discussions have enabled the inspiration to acquire policies that could stop the cyclical development of poverty. These policies include the improvement and affordability of primary education in the developing region of sub- Saharan Africa. The prevention and cures of treatable diseases. As well as, the elimination on the food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. The inspired

Africa is known to be one of the most heavily povertized region on the globe, and whether or not it was the fault of Europeans or themselves is beside the actual problem. Ethiopia displays one of the problems Africa is dealing with, as one of the overlying problem is rural poverty, and any other issues that follow poverty. Entire households survive on scraps of food every day, and work hard to try to gain more money for food. The poverty has encouraged farmers to have more children in an attempt to increase their workers and profits. This increase in population in rural Ethiopia has been causing migration from the area. Studies have been made about society in Ethiopia and how the economy affects it to try to understand the issue of poverty.

The economy of Africa is a main reason of Africa’s poverty. The economy is corrupt meaning that the people controlling the money are being dishonest. The government is also in a lot of debt. For example South Africa is in 137,681,168,206 dollars in debt. This is just one of all the African countries that are in debt. Fifty percent of working people in Africa make an astonishing $1.25 a day. In total fifty percent of people in Africa

African nations regularly fall to the bottom of any list measuring economic activity, such as per capita income or per capita GDP, despite a wealth of natural resources. The bottom 25 spots of the United Nations (UN) quality of life index are regularly filled by African nations. In 2006, 34 of the 50 nations on the UN list of least developed countries are in Africa. In many nations, the per capita income is often less than $200 U.S. per year, with the vast majority of the population living on much less. In addition, Africa's share of income has been consistently dropping over the past century by any measure. In 1820, the average European worker earned about three times what the average African did. Now, the average European earns twenty

Poverty is a major menace to humanity existence in recent times majorly in the third world countries; it is one of the greatest threats to stability and peace more than other tussles like terrorism. The Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations to eradicate poverty everywhere in all its form and ensure quality education by 2030 shows the global commitment to ensure a higher standard of living for mankind.

The developmental challenge of the refugee crisis is also felt by host countries. The majority of the world’s refugees are finding home in other poor countries where resources and economic opportunities are already scarce. In 2017, the top refugee host countries globally are Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran, Ethiopia and Uganda, countries with significant developmental challenges of their own. In addition to the resource burden from the refugee flow, these countries also need to contend with the conflicts and imbalances that come with the flow of large numbers of people into communities that are already struggling to maintain peace and resource usage. Increasingly the problem of the refugee crisis and the violation of their human right are becoming global as evidenced by the flow of millions of refugees to Europe that has caused significant political, economic and social tensions.

The effects of conflicts in terms of refugee flows into neighbouring countries and the emergence of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has demonstrated that no African country is an island unto itself . Refugee camps in the Mano River Union region of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have served as source of instability for countries in the region. It is estimated that there are close to three million refugees in central Africa alone. The camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the Rwandan genocide of 1994, remain a source of concern for all the key actors involved in the Great Lakes region. 200,000 refugees have spilled into Chad as a result of the violent conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, creating tension along the border. Dadaab(Kenya) hosts people that have fled various conflicts in the larger Eastern Africa region. Most have come as a consequence of the civil war in southern Somalia, including both Somalis and members of Somalia's various ethnic minority groups such as the Bantu. These situations illustrate the need for effective post-conflict reconstruction processes and the institutions to back them up. IDPs and refugees make it difficult for host communities and displaced communities to settle down and initiate development. Therefore, a central pillar of post-conflict reconstruction is the incorporation of IDPs and refugees into the host community or the repatriation of refugees, after consideration of possible