What are the major causes of  poverty in the world?
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Drought and poor water quality are the causes of poverty in the World. Diseases set in with the deaths of populations which just makes things worse. Global Warming has off set the water tables and the rains that provide water to Africa, India, and South East Asia. The Epidemic was started 30 years ago and has ended up in Civil War in Africa.
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I have some info. There's alot of hungry people in africa. And perhaps if they did some work to stir up some money, then they could buy some food. They should stop bumming food off of countries that feel bad for them. either die or work. It's that easy.
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THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES......THOSE WHO LOSE HOPE OVER DISEASE, HUNGER, WAR, PESTILANCE.....BECAUSE WITHOUT HOPE THERE IS NO REASON TO LIVE.
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Every human being should have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately, too many children in the world today grow up without this chance, because they are denied their basic right to even attend primary school. A sustainable end to world poverty as we know it, as well as the path to peace and security, require that citizens in every country are empowered to make positive choices and provide for themselves and their families. This can only be achieved if all the children of the world are given the chance to learn in a high-quality schooling environment at least through primary school.
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Your question is so broad you are asking for\nan answer that could earn someone a Master's degree!\n\nI would say that resources is the major problem in these areas.  Lack of water, food, shelter, education, housing, medicine, doctors, ...
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Nuclear bombs, pollution, war, famine, disease, weapons, lack of food, lack of water, natural disasters, aliens, meteorites, black holes, Apocalypse. Geez, earth has many flaws and problems, doesn't it?
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I say the war on poverty, because this failure also leads to the failure on drugs (i.e. poverty increases the chance of getting involved with drugs). Poverty also leads to crime, and believe it or not terrorist activities. If the world had a level playing field (i.e. fewer inequities between nations), there would be much less terrorism, and much, much less support for it. Poverty leads to many of the other problems facing the world and until it is better addressed, we will be dealing with all it's side effects.
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Money isn't why some people are poor and have no jobs (which is still bogus, because they COULD go out and get a job).  Greed and human gluttony is the real problem.  Blaming money for starving people is like blaming your pencil for misspelling a word.
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There are poor people everywhere, regardless of nationality.  In West Germany, 3.7% of the population receives welfare, and in East Germany, 2.7% does.  Compare this to the USA where (as of the last count in 2000) was only 2.4%.  Also, according to the BBC, since the recent economic recession in Japan, poverty has risen considerably.  The unemployment rate in Japan was at 4.3% as of 2005, but the actual poverty rate was unavailable on every site I checked.
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-   Sin.  It's the #1 cause of mankind's problems.\n-   Greed and Pride (leads to much of the following)\n-   Crime (rape, theft, murder, child pornography, kidnapping, etc.)\n-   Crimes against humanity (torture, experimentation, genocide)\n-   Unwillingness to get involved (turning a blind eye when abuse  and injustices occur)\n-   Abuse (spousal and child, as well as other types)\n-   Politics (what a joke) \n-   Religion (killing, rather than loving, in the name of God)\n-   Environmental issues (pollution, global warming, poor use of natural resources, deforestation, etc.)\n-   Natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, flood, drought, etc.)\n-   Economies (disparate global economies, poverty vs wealth)\n-   Starvation (especially in 3rd world countries)\n-   Disease (especially, but not limited to, 3rd world countries)\n-   Education (lack of edu. or poor edu. leads to poverty and a class of people who cannot defend or fend for themselves)\n-   Waste (indulgent over-consumption, poor stewardship of what we already have)\n-   Covetousness (wanting what others have that you do not have)\n-   Love of wealth and power (people will stop at nothing to get what they want)\n-   Unfaithfulness (not just to spouses, but to families, communities, work, etc.)\n-   Selfishness (Lacking the ability to empathize...demanding your way.  Make no mistake, this is a mass problem as well as an individual one)\n-   War\n-   Terrorism\n-   Slavery (it still goes on today...it's just disguised as "cheap labor")\n-   Sex slave trade (the wholesale abuse of women and children around the world)\n-   Immorality\n-   Lack of responsibility\n-   Judicial systems (when money can buy a better defense...)\n-   Drugs\n-   Addiction\n-   Teen pregnancy\n-   Organized Crime\n-   Lies, lies, lies\n-   Entertainment/Media (feeding the world its version of beauty, truth, etc.)\n-   News Media (oh the inaccuracies! and all the trouble that causes)\n-   Cultural misunderstandings or insensitivity\n-   Hatred\n-   Bigotry\n-   Egocentrism\n-   Sexism\n-   Racism\n-   Unemployment\n-   Poverty\n-   Homelessness\n-   Social Security (and other issues that face the elderly)\n-   Rights vs Responsibility  (when your rights step on mine, where does responsibility come in?)\n-   Child abandonment (the making of orphans throughout the world)\n-   Technology (creating a world that is increasingly interactive with machines rather than other humans)\n-   Human Desensitization through Media (i.e. violent images, violent actions, adult themes, lack of consequences, etc.)\n\n\nOkay, I may add more to this later.  This is as many as I can think of at the moment.
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Wow I had to really think about that. Poverty is a good one, World hunger would be mine.
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This is so easy, the most impoverished nation on the planet is Mozambique in Africa. \n\nIn my church they showed us a picture of a native and he was wearing two-liter coke bottles strapped to his feet for shoes....you should google Mozambique and write and essay on what life would be like living in that country versus the goold old US of A.
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People were poor because of the Great Depression.
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Mainly because of poverty. Just to make both ends meet, children were forced to work despite young age.
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Poorest Countries in the World\n\nRank/ Country/ GDP - per capita \n1 East Timor $ 500 \n2 Somalia $ 500 \n3 Sierra Leone $ 500 \n4 Malawi $ 600 \n5 Tanzania $ 600 \n6 Burundi $ 600 \n7 Congo, Republic of the $ 700 \n8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700 \n9 Comoros $ 700 \n10 Eritrea $ 700 \n11 Ethiopia $ 700 \n12 Afghanistan $ 700 \n13 Niger $ 800 \n14 Yemen $ 800 \n15 Madagascar $ 800 \n16 Guinea-Bissau $ 800 \n17 Zambia $ 800 \n18 Kiribati $ 800 \n19 Nigeria $ 900 \n20 Mali $ 900 \n \nSource: CIA World Factbook\n\nPopulation below poverty line by country \nRank Country Percentage of population livign below poverty line\n#1   Zambia 86%    \n#2   Gaza Strip 81%    \n#3   Haiti 80    \n#4   Chad 80    \n#5   Liberia 80    \n#6   Moldova 80    \n#7   Guatemala 75    \n#8   Suriname 70    \n#9   Zimbabwe 70    \n#10   Mozambique 70    \n#11   Angola 70    \n#12   Sierra Leone 68    \n#13   Burundi 68    \n#14   Bolivia 64    \n#15   Mali 64    \n#16   Niger 63    \n#17   Nigeria 60    \n#18   Comoros 60    \n#19   Tajikistan 60    \n#20   Rwanda 60   \n\nsource CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
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Are you asking, "What variety of health problems effect the modern world on a global scale"? If so I'd cite:\n\n- AIDS\n- Bird Flu\n- West Nile\n- Lack of sanitation in the "second world"\n- Lack of adequate nutrition in the "third world"\n- Obesity
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Poverty\nBelief systems\nGender / sexism\nCultural practices\nAvailability of resources to meet needs\nGeographic location\nAvailability of meaningful work or activity\nHaving suffered personal trauma (assault) or public tragedy (war, natural disasters, etc.)\nSocial isolation due to disability, old age, etc.