Practice Essay 3

In this modern century, there are still a large number of global poverty seen, especially in South Asia (World Poverty, 2015). Poverty is commonly seen in poorer countries where the people are suffering from malnutrition and diseases, and they do not have proper education as well (Cleveland, 2014). This problem is severe as countries with high poverty rates will experience low economic growth and high unemployment rates. Therefore, poverty has to be resolved and effective solutions have to be implemented before it causes more severe impact in the long run. Thus, this essay will highlight one major impact of poverty, and then discusses two suggested solutions to reduce this problem.

The major impact of poverty is negative health effects, and this is impact is severe as it involves the lives of people. Due to the poor living conditions in rural areas, people there are more likely to get diseases due to poor hygiene and lack of nutrients (Cleveland, 2014). Moreover, these people do not have money to see doctor when they fall ill. As a result, the life expectancy in poor countries are low as the people there have shorter lifespans, while their child mortality rates are high due to the high percentage of death among children age before 5 years (Cleveland, 2014). Therefore, if poverty is not resolve soon, the number of death in poor countries will increase rapidly as these people fall sick due to health issues resulted from poor living conditions.

The first suggested solution is to create more awareness of poverty issues to the world. Although the public knows that there is poverty occurring in the world, however, they may not know the severe impact of poverty. Also, they may not know how bad the living conditions are in the poorer countries. There are rich countries who believe that having poor countries can benefits them economically, however, this is in fact not accurate (World Poverty, 2015). Therefore, there should be more awareness on the impact of poverty to the public, so that the public can understand their living conditions and may be more willing to lend a helping hand such as giving donations. A way to spread awareness would be that there can be more documentary shows recorded to illustrate to the public of their poor living conditions and how poverty can also impact the rich. Hence, issues of poverty have to be broadcast to the public to create awareness and also to inform them the consequences they will be facing if it is not resolve soon.

The second suggested solution is to enforce the government to take immediate actions to reduce poverty. The government in richer countries do take actions to reduce poverty among the minority in their countries such as introducing improved minimum wage law and welfare systems, however, they actually choose who to help and the help provided is usually limited (World Poverty, 2015). Therefore, there should be more enforcement, especially when help is more needed in the poorer countries. There should be more exposure and flexibility given to private individuals who are willing to help, and more should be encouraged to help the poor. The government should also implement laws and events to create awareness of poverty and educate its people and themselves as well. Another way the government can reduce poverty would be to educate the poor so that they can find better jobs in the future. Hence, the rich should understand the living conditions of the poor and enforce more actions to be taken to help the poor.

In conclusion, there should be more awareness on poverty and though there are measures taken to resolve poverty, it still lacks enforcement. The impact of poverty is serious as it threatens the lives of many people as well as the economy. Therefore, more awareness of poverty should reach out to the public and immediate actions should be taken to reduce poverty before it cause more harm than good in the future.

References

Cleveland, H. (2014). 5 Effects of Poverty - The Borgen Project. The Borgen Project. Retrieved 7 November 2015, from http://borgenproject.org/5-effects-poverty/

World Poverty. (2015). Solutions to World Poverty. Retrieved 7 November 2015, from http://worldpoverty.org/solutionstopoverty.htm