Global Issue of Poverty | Assignment

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Part 1: What I Know, Assume, or Imagine
Poverty is one of the major global issues that is existing in the modern-day scenario,
people living in different parts of the country all over the world are not able to get a good inflow
of income. It is because of this reason that they are not able to get the minimum acceptable
standard of living. As per the report by globalissues.org, there is a huge amount of people around
the world are living on a bare and minimum amount of income of about $2.50 a day. There is
also an alarming rate of illiteracy in different parts of the world. Mechanization and Urbanization
have gone hand to hand and also snatched the job and other employment options from many
people. This must be noted that to work in the modern mechanized world all the people must be
able to get the minimum education but this is lacking among people living in many parts of the
world (globalissues.org). This research has been useful as it deals not only with poverty in
general but also with the total number of children who have to stay on roads and also do not get
proper shelter and access to health services.
Part 2: The Search
As per the opinion of (Florida, Richard, and Charlotta Mellander), inequality is one of the
direct reasons that give rise to a huge amount of poverty. For many years the U.S has been the
topmost country to show the largest gap between the rich and the poor in the society. However, it
was also seen that the case is so much worse 1 in about 7 people in the U.S live in poverty. This
is a very alarming rate that talks about the large scale inequality that is existing in and also is in
the dire need of some attention and measure. In 2009, 43.6 million people — 14.6 percent of the
population — were living in poverty in the U.S., up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008.

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The problem of the rich getting richer and the poor getting proper is developing at a very fast
pace (Karnani). It was also seen as per the reports of The US Congressional Budget Office
released updated figures for US household income between 1979 and 2007, that only the 1% of
people were able to draw a very high level of income and it is the main cause behind the less or
the poor level of income of the rest 99% of people (globalissues.org). Rich people earning the
majority of income have got about 275% increase or surge in their income which is about 7 times
more than the remaining 99%. As the inequality in rural areas is also increasing day by day
many strategies are being undertaken so that they can empower men in rural areas. The U.S is
one of the many countries seen globally that has a huge inequality rate also based on gender.
This must immediately be stopped because people of all class creed and social status must be
given equal rights and opportunities(globalissues.org).
It is seen that the majority of income growth or expansion is taking place only in the topmost
section of people. Curtis, Benjamin, and Serena Cosgrove have argued in a similar context that
many anti-poverty measures are being taken by the Government. However, these measures are
not able to get any proper results for those people who belong to the bottom lines. This is evident
in the fact that there is an improper allocation of resources and also a large scale inequality
present in the economy. Inequality in the division of wealth is one of the major significant issues
that make poverty Global issues. Not only in the U.S but also in many other places people are
struggling due to poverty (Florida, Richard and Charlotta p.p-80). It must be noted that even in
the developing countries or the OECD countries the result has been mixed and they have not
been able to bring about a significant change in this aspect. This is because the most greatly
affected places are Greece, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and others. The income gaps that are