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Contemporary Social Issues: Wealth and Poverty
Causes of Poverty in Europe and Developing Countries
1. Poverty is caused by a lack of basic human needs due to the
inability to afford them.2. Basic human needs include nutrition,
water, clothing and shelter, health care and education.3. Relative
poerty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income
than others within
a society or country.. !he causes of poverty include a lack of
responsability, bad government policy and
e"ploitation.#. !he main causes of poverty in the $% are the
ine&uality in wages, the reduction in the state
benefits and the higher levels of unenployment.'. (ood aid, when
not for an emergency relief, can actually be very destructive for
farmers.). *ocal farmers cannot compete with subsidiced food+
conse&uently they are driven out of
obs into poverty.-. !he strong dependency on the welare system
has shaped uropean attitudes towards the
causes of poverty./. 1)0 of the $ s population is classified as
mateerially deprived. !his is higher for women
than for men in all countries, e"cept weden.1 . 4n average, one
in five children in the $ are living in poverty which e&uates
to 2 0 of the
population.11. 5espite the promises of world governments,
internationally agreed targets to halve global
poverty by 2 1# will probably never be reached.12. !he rules of
international trade are stacked in favour of the most powerful
countries and
their business interests.13. !he debts of the world s poorets
countries probably cannot be paid, and should be cancelled
in full, by fair and transparent means.1 . Poverty will not be
able to be erradicated until there is an inmediate and ma or
increase in
international aid.1#. Rich countries promised to provide .)0 of
the national income in international aid.1'. 6harity organi7ations,
not the $nited 8ations, are suited to provide aid to the poor.1).
9f a ta" on bank transactions was globally introduced, it would
raise enough money to
reduce poverty and protect public services and obs.1-. (air
trade good are predominantly sold in specialist shops and cannot
brack into mainstrean
distribution chains.1/. (air trade addresses the in ustices of
conventional trade agreements which discriminate
against the poorest and weakest producers.
2 . 9nternational trade results large:scale production and
access to global markets.
Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty
21. ;any people wrongly believe that in the $% poverty is
alrgely the fault of the individual.22. !hree &uarters of
people in the $% think the gap between the rich and the poor is too
large.23.
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2-. !he government should build on its minimum wage policy and
go further in tacling low payat work.
2/. People who care about poverty and ine&uality are right
to push politicians to go further.3 . !he Robin Aood !a" would
raise enough money to help poor people, protect public services
and tackle climate change issues.
The link et!een Wealth and "ealth
31. !he government is focused on closing the wealth gap between
rich and poor.32. 9n poor nations, up to 2 0 of children die before
the age of five whereas in rich countries it
is less than 10.33. ;ost of the illnesses associated with
poverty are diseases such as diarrhoea, malaria and
tuberculosis.3 .
