The Cause of Poverty
Causes of Poverty
Since the 1970s, poverty dropped significantly in East Asia, while in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, the level of poverty has decreased less, or even risen in some countries. In 1991 almost 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line, the official level of income which is needed to achieve a basic living standard with enough money for things such as food, clothing and a place to live. In Cambodia, the poverty rate was 25% in 2012. Based on this fact, we can assume that poverty is one of the most concerning social problems for most nations. What are the causes of poverty? According to a case study in Cambodia, there are two main factors contributing to poverty namely internal factor and external factor. External factors are believed to be the main cause of poverty in some countries. Those factors include economic instability, high population growth, and corruption, less contact and lack of job opportunity. Economic instability and corruption is the main cause leading the society to the worse. Corruption plays remarkable barrier in economic and social development. For example, when corruption occurs, resource providers or donors may not receive equivalent value in return for the resources given. As the country economy falter, people are not able to earn a living or do business. Sometimes, some business, companies or manufactures even go bankrupt. This situation will also lead to the lack of job opportunity. When people are no longer employed, they have no income to support their family; as a result, more and more people will be poorer and poorer. The poor people living in poverty line are less contact or miss a lot of information in the society. Because most of them are uneducated and some busy with their farm, they don't understand about the advantage of information. So the flow of information in the society is missed. The last external factor is the rapid population growth. Population growth of poorest
Since the 1970s, poverty dropped significantly in East Asia, while in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, the level of poverty has decreased less, or even risen in some countries. In 1991 almost 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line, the official level of income which is needed to achieve a basic living standard with enough money for things such as food, clothing and a place to live. In Cambodia, the poverty rate was 25% in 2012. Based on this fact, we can assume that poverty is one of the most concerning social problems for most nations. What are the causes of poverty? According to a case study in Cambodia, there are two main factors contributing to poverty namely internal factor and external factor. External factors are believed to be the main cause of poverty in some countries. Those factors include economic instability, high population growth, and corruption, less contact and lack of job opportunity. Economic instability and corruption is the main cause leading the society to the worse. Corruption plays remarkable barrier in economic and social development. For example, when corruption occurs, resource providers or donors may not receive equivalent value in return for the resources given. As the country economy falter, people are not able to earn a living or do business. Sometimes, some business, companies or manufactures even go bankrupt. This situation will also lead to the lack of job opportunity. When people are no longer employed, they have no income to support their family; as a result, more and more people will be poorer and poorer. The poor people living in poverty line are less contact or miss a lot of information in the society. Because most of them are uneducated and some busy with their farm, they don't understand about the advantage of information. So the flow of information in the society is missed. The last external factor is the rapid population growth. Population growth of poorest