The Growing Poverty Across The World And Its Causes

The issue of world poverty

Question:

Discuss about the Development Assistance and Global Poverty.

The first proposition for this essay is the fact of the world poverty. This has been a consistent concern on the background of the global development. Most developed countries are very keen on eliminating the global poverty. The distribution of economy is a very important issue in this factor. This is why the countries are trying their best. However, it is very unrealistic thought to remove the poverty from the entire world. It is unrealistic because the global economy and its unequal distribution is mainly responsible for this.

This proposition will have to be supported from all the angles since the distribution of the global economy is not letting the money flow into the poor countries.[1] It has been noticed that most of the African countries are suffering from monetary problems and the people are very much poor over there. The countries and their people do not even have their rights to get the jobs. As a result of the unequal distribution of the money, the number of crimes is also increasing in these countries. The only way to remedy this situation is to mitigate the economic problems. Some of the countries are generally trying to implement the programs of eliminating the poverty from the entire world. However, as simple as it seems to be, it is exactly the contrary.

The average economy of the world is rising but the sad fact is it is only restricted to some of the rich countries only. The poor countries are not getting any glimpse of this. They are plunging into the deep pool of poverty. This is why they are very intent on saving their lives by committing several types of crimes in their countries. The recession in the modern world has also been a major cause for this as well. One thing also has to be considered that some people might also suffer from accidents and their physical activities can be damaged because of that. They might lose their source of income and ultimately get on the streets and beg. They die because of lack of care and this is very unexpected and unfortunate as well.[2] The only thing that could be done in this context is the fact that all the powerful global leaders and the billionaires should discuss between themselves and find some ways on how they could increase the economic growth all over the countries. The surveyors have found that many children have been found starving and dying out of hunger on the streets. This brings out the pathetic condition of the poor countries all over. The condition of the slums in many countries has been found to be so pathetic that it is almost unhygienic and impossible to live properly.[3]

Factors causing poverty

The point can be asserted that the increasing poverty is just not a personal choice of the human beings.[4] This is completely the reflection of the entire society and the scenario of the poor economic growth. The surveys disclose the fact that most of the countries do not have the proper economic infrastructure to provide the jobs to the youth. The health infrastructure of some of the poor countries is also very bad as well. The root of the problem is very deep. This is why the solution seems to be impossible to find at the current moment.[5] It is mainly due to the failure of the government policies.[6] In some countries and some sections of the society, the birth rates have also become a huge part indeed. The governments are not able to provide the proper policies that should control of births. This also becomes a major reason for the poverty in the entire world. This is why it is said that poverty is just not a term or word. It is a complete reflection of the entire society. The inequality among the different societies has been a very important reason for the increasing poverty across the world. It is almost impossible to be eradicated completely but the percentage can be reduced.

This essay can be concluded by saying that the most important reasons for the growing poverty across the world have been highlighted. It is almost impossible to end the social evil of poverty but it can be reduced to a certain extent. The distribution of money across the world will have to be done properly to get rid of this positively.

The following essay is about the increase in the alienation from the society of the few people and the increasing cases of the mental illnesses as the result of the present day capitalism. The contemporary capitalism effects have increase a lot in the modern days. This has changed the entire social scenario. The entire world population is craving for capitalism and this has inspired the sense of individualism in among the human beings. The contrasting aspects to drive the society are the socialism and capitalism. The proposition for this essay will be supported indeed as it has created havoc in this society.[7]

Increased levels of social alienation and mental illness are inevitable consequences of contemporary capitalism

In this essay the provided proposition will have to be supported. The effects of capitalism are really very harsh on this society. According to the believers of Marxism, the meaning of the term alienation is the fact that separating the mass wage of the laborers from their own made products. It has to be understood that the tools or the machineries that the workers handle or deal with are not theirs. The products are not theirs as well. All the tools, machineries and the products always belong to the people who have hired them. They are called the capitalists. All the things that are produced come from the efforts of the human labor. It is a harsh reality all the things around us are the things made by our hands and brains. Yet we cannot call them ours because they do not belong to us. They only belong to the capitalist people. The process should be the way that the work and the products of work should be dominated by the workers. However the thing is complete contrary.[8] According the socialism invoked by Marx, the workplaces are just the places where the human beings have to go in order to fulfill their daily needs for money and secure living. It should have been like a place where they would want to go for improving their skills and proving themselves to be the people of excellent dominance on their work.

Effects of the global economy on the poor

The mental and psychological aspects are very important things in this aspect rather than the professional aspects. If the workers and laborers do not have the proper fulfillment of their minds they cannot satisfy their psychological needs. The labor that the workers put in for their wages is not at all voluntary. It is completely a forced kind of labor.[9] This is why the workers will have to do the labor in order to run their families only. This is not at all something creative that can be attributed to the working of the laborers.[10] After a certain point of time it is quite definite that those workers will get tired of whatever they are doing and they would like to complete the work in a hurry. The workers do not feel anything creative whenever they are completing their works. This is how they will go on to do their work and they will alienate from the society. They will not be able to communicate with their relatives and neighbors.

All that matters to the workers in this context is the amount of money he or she gets for their efforts. This will also incur some mental illness problems within themselves.[11] The sense of creativity among them soon will be eliminated and the need for material satisfaction will take that place. He will begin to feel that he is alone in the whole world. The believers of capitalism always look upon their employees just a tool for production that will help them to get all the profits in the market. This is why they are only concerned about their means for their profits and the ways they are going to achieve it. The capitalists have converted everything into just commodities that has decreased the context of mental satisfaction among the workers.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the effects of capitalism have been very crucial in manipulating the mental conditions of the human beings or the workers.[12] As a result of capitalism, they only turn into machines and they are seen mere components of the production to their capitalist bosses. They are controlled by the capitalists and the quantity of the production matters to them rather than the quality. This has made them alienated from society and they suffer from mental illnesses as well.

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