Poverty Reduction in Australia

This essay discusses the policy of Australian aid and its role in reducing poverty in Australia. It explores the focus on economic growth, private sector development, and human development. The essay also examines the unintended consequences and success of the policy.

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Poverty Reduction in Australia
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Introduction
Poverty refers to scarcity or the dearth of the material possessions or the money. It is
indicative of a multifaceted concept that includes social, political along with the economic
events. Absolute poverty is indicative of lack of means that can help in meeting the personal
needs of an individual. Poverty can be said to be consistent feature in relation to Australian
life and there are millions of people in Australia who live below breadline. Poverty can be
said to exist in the event of an individual lacking the socially acceptable amount of that of the
money or the material possessions. It helps in reflecting the standard of the living within a
community. There has been economic growth in Australia however poverty has been a
dominant feature in the country. The wicked problem that would be talked about in the essay
relates to poverty within Australia. This essay throws light on the policy of Australian aid that
can help in overcoming the problem of poverty in Australia. The essay also talks about the
unintended consequence of this program and the consequences of the program in Australia.
Policy for poverty reduction
The new development policy in Australia “Australian Aid” aims to promote the
prosperity and reduce the poverty in Australia. The reforms undertaken with the help of the
aid program promotes the economic growth of the country. It helps in protecting the broader
interest of Australia across that of the Indo-Pacific region. Australian aid program lays focus
on the performance and the value for the money. The program has a sharper focus on the
element of geography. The program is directed towards South East Asia along with the
Pacific. According to Dfat.gov.au. (2019), it promotes the national interests of Australia by
the contribution to that of sustainable economic growth. This article has discussed that the
policy focuses on two areas- development of private sector along with the strengthening of
the human development. Private sector can act as the engine pertaining to the economic

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growth and the people being provided with the opportunity of developing skills can prove to
be more productive. The Australian aid policy supports the partner countries in improving the
business enabling environment. The policy carries out the innovative development solutions
that can help in harnessing capabilities in relation to private sector. The company capitalises
on high returns that can help in the trade investments by increasing the aid pertaining to the
trade expenditure. The new investments have explored the innovative ways that can help in
promoting growth in relation to the private sector. It would engage the private sector that can
help in achieving the development outcome. According to Martinez and Perales (2017), the
investments made on account of the policy have empowered the women along with the girls
that can help in addressing the gender issues. The article has talked about the fact that the
policy has helped in application of the new system that can help in assessing performance of
that of the aid programs. It has helped in ensuring the stronger link in between the
performance and the funding. The policy has helped in maximising the impact by acting in an
innovative manner. It has leveraged the knowledge along with the finance that has paved the
path for development of country. The policy has helped in extending the influence of
Australia across the world.
The Australian aid policy has proved to be helpful in tackling the infrastructure
bottleneck that has helped in creation of right conditions for that of sustainable economic
growth. It has enhanced trade in Australia that has helped in providing opportunities across
the place. The policy has helped in developing the agriculture along with the fisheries sector
that has provided the livelihood for a large number of workers. It has proved advantageous
for the rural areas as it has laid emphasis on the food security along with the nutrition
(Skinner et al., 2017). It has helped in improving the arena of productivity that has helped in
improving the condition of poverty around the world. It has helped in optimising potential in
relation to agriculture along with the fisheries that has helped in the process of economic

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development of the country. It has helped in addressing the impediments that prevented the
producers from linking into the domestic along with the international market.
The policy has helped the Australian government in prioritising on the small scale
farmers that has helped in reducing the poverty in Australia. It has encouraged the
participation of the fishers within the markets that has helped in addressing constraints in
relation to the agri-food business. It has laid emphasis on the economic empowerment of the
women with the help of its techniques in relation to innovation. According to Newland
(2017) it has helped in improving productivity across the agriculture value chain that has
helped in the efficient use of the natural resources. It has discussed the fact that this policy
has helped in building of the institutions that have played an important role in promotion of
stability in Australia. It has helped in setting the approach of the governance that has played a
crucial role in reducing the poverty in Australia.
Education along with health are the important aspects that can help in improving the
livelihood of the people. The Australian aid policy has helped in enabling the participation of
the poor people that has helped in improving the living standards of the people. It has helped
in equipping the young people with the skills that helps them in participating fully within the
society. It has helped the women along with the girls belonging to the lower class who have
disability that has helped in improving the living standards of these people. It has been stated
by Ravallion (2017) that the changes have been brought to the education system with the
help of this policy that have helped in delivering the better services across the various
regions. The aid program has helped Australia in investing in the arena of health that have
helped the poor people throughout the world in leading productive lives. The investments of
Australia has helped in strengthening the health systems that have brought about the
development of the people (Churchill & Smyth, 2019).

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The Australia Aid policy proves to be useful in the event of natural disasters along
with the economic shocks that have helped in reducing insecurity across the various
provinces of Australia. It has helped in the implementation of a humanitarian system that has
helped in co-ordinating the international response to that of the specific disasters. According
to Altman, Larsen and Buchanan (2018), gender inequality persists in Australia that
undermines the economic growth along with the human development. It has been found that
the women are paid less as compared to the men. It has been found that women within
Pacific are under-represented within the Parliament. The policy has helped in empowering
the women so that they can contribute to the growth and the development of the country. The
policy is taking care of the fact that the educated women lead a healthier life that can help in
reducing their misery.
Success of the policy
The success of the policy can be understood on account of the fact that it has been
able to make stagnant the rate of the poverty within Australia. The report that was brought
out by Australian Council for Social Services (ACOSS) found out that the poverty within
Australia was increasing at a steady pace. It has been stated by Saunders (2018) that there
were 13.3 percent of that of the population who were living below that of the poverty line.
The report has brought out the fact that Australia has not been able to reduce the poverty
within Australia despite the economic growth taking place in the country. Aid program has
helped in investing in that of the better quality of the education that has helped the young
people in gaining the knowledge along with the skills. It has helped in promotion of learning
on the girls along with the disadvantaged children (Farrugia & Gerrard, 2016). The
Australian aid policy has partnered with various governments that has helped in delivering
the better health for the people stricken with poverty. The cost-effective interventions has
been taken recourse to with the help of this policy that has helped in preventing the outbreak

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of the diseases in Australia. The policy has invested in the research that improves
effectiveness pertaining to the health investments. According to Schultz, Kochmann and
O'Sullivan (2017), the aids program has helped the women in participating in the global
economy with the help of advocacy in the international for a like G20. Australian Aid Policy
has been able to identify constraints in relation to growth that has helped in the elimination of
these barriers pertaining to reduction of that of poverty. The program has promoted the
growth in the private sector and it has helped the poor in participating and sharing the
benefits.
Unintended consequence for addressing problem
The consequence that was unintended in relation to the Australian Aid Policy was
positive. It has helped in shaping the efforts of the partner countries that has helped in
pursuing the economic reform and brought about the reduction in poverty. It has leveraged
the existing public spending that has helped in providing funding pertaining to the economic
development. The performance framework of the aids policy has helped in driving the real
link in between the performance and that of the aid funding decisions. The performance
benchmark has helped in providing sharper basis that has helped in assessment of the
program performance. The geographical focus of the aids program has helped in engaging the
people in the various countries (Saunders, 2018). The policy has succeeded in focussing on
that of the large investments that has increased effectiveness in relation to the aid. It has
helped in consolidating the portfolios pertaining to the aid investment at that of the country
level. It has been successful in reducing administrative overhead that have helped in
managing the program. The unintended consequence of the policy is that it has been able to
take the calculated risks that has helped in maximising returns from that of the aid investment
(Saunders & Naidoo, 2018). It has helped the country in taking pragmatic approach that have
helped them in managing the risk.

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Conclusion
Poverty is indicative of scarcity of material possessions and that of the money. It
refers to multifaceted concept which comprises of social, political and that of economic
events. Australian Aid policy has helped in promoting prosperity that has been able to reduce
poverty within Australia. There were reforms that were undertaken which has promoted
economic growth of country. It helps in offering protection to broader interests within
Australia in that of Indo-Pacific region. The program has helped in maximising the
performance of the various organizations that has helped in providing value to the money. It
has helped in dealing with that of infrastructure bottleneck that have created the right
conditions pertaining to sustainable economic growth. It has been able to augment the trade
and extended valuable opportunities to people. It has developed agriculture and that of
fisheries sector that have succeeded in providing livelihood to workers suffering from
poverty. It has strengthened the women that have been able to contribute to that of
development of country. It has ensured the fact that the women can lead a healthy life which
have helped in reduction of the misery of their lives. It has shaped efforts of partner countries
that has been able to bring about economic reforms within a place. It has been able to
leverage public spending by the help of funds that have brought about economic growth.
Performance framework pertaining to policy has helped in making important links between
that of performance along with the various funding decisions.

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