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How can we fight poverty crime and disease?
Introduction
Poverty is a state or condition, widely discussed as a minimum living condition and is
measured by the amount of money a person holds. Diseases, infectious or non-infectious are
the result of socioeconomic statuses of people, beliefs, ethnic traditions and cultural factors.
Crime, on the other hand, emerges out of parental neglect, drug abuse, low self-esteem or
alcohol intake which makes a person break judiciary law. It can be said that several ill-
circumstances born with the time makes a person violate or infringe regulations which gets
them punished by law. This essay aims to identify ways through which poverty, crime and
disease can be eliminated from society. Since the three identified issues, poverty, crime and
disease hinder social institutions such as school, religion and family, it is significant that
effective measure is adopted to fight against them.
Critical discussion
Recent estimates show that today, around 10% of the world population lives on less
than $1.9 per day. This means, the world perceives a critical downfall in average earning
made by a human being. While East Asia and the Pacific have poor people no less than 74
million, Central Asia has 10 million. Sub-Saharan Africa, on the other hand, reveals the
highest number of people who lives below the poverty line. It can be said that the key
institutions that shape human wealth include family and labour market. Unfortunately, both
have changed remarkably in the past few years which have left a wide segment of the
population vulnerable to poverty and its impacts ( Berger, Cancian and Magnuson). A
huge amount of studies made on poverty shows that it can be significantly reduced by
providing people with education, household, health benefits and access to secure financial

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earning systems besides enabling a regulation which can ensure that poor people are not
exploited by the rich landowners, shopkeepers or employers.
Using available resources in an optimum way and making a significant investment in
invisible infrastructure such as human or social systems can make citizens realise their inner
abilities and subsequently help them to fight against poverty. According to Berger, Cancian
and Magnuson, many cash transfer policies have been developed recently which have made a
critical step against poverty and wellbeing of the poor. For instance, Give Directly is one
transfer program which allows people in wealthier countries to transfer some amount directly
to the needy people. Such grants made on an international level can significantly boost
household consumption rates also as people will then try to save their surplus for the poor.
Alternatively, if any of the earning members of a family fall ill or the house and property is
knocked due to flood, cash transfers can help them and children living in the house and
continue with their study. However, if long-term development is desired while fighting
against poverty, growth-inhibiting issues such as unmanageable debts and political
corruptions must be eliminated and activities such as human capital development, health
promotion, fair trade and equity must be enhanced by every nation.
Crime, also known as a felony is another serious issue arising worldwide in which the
accused is punished by law for creating misconduct or a serious offence. Ministry of the
interior found that the most common causes behind crime in Kuwait are cybercrime and
corruption. The Corruption Perceptions Index says that Kuwait has dropped from 58 to 78 in
rank among 168 countries. Although social media awareness and stricter police enforcement
have been enacted by the stares, the crime rates tend to increase at an alarming rate which
demands a robust solution to fight against it. Manaliyo argues that local community
participation can potentially help society and police in enabling crime prevention activities
since they are the ones who know the reasons behind crime occurring than any outside