What are the causes of world poverty?

What are the causes of world poverty?

1. Environmental Problems

   • Frequent natural disasters can destroy communities
   • Poor countries do not have resilience to withstand these disasters
   • Disasters are getting more frequent because of man-made pollution

2. Healthcare

   • Lack of it means many die unnecessarily
   • Difficult for families and communities to develop economically

3. Conflict

   • War and civil conflict use up money for arms, etc
   • Drives people from their homes and destroys livelihoods

4. Poor leadership

   • Corrupt rulers waste resources and make bad decisions
   • Bring economic collapse

5. HIV/AIDS

   • Often affect young adults - the work force
   • A weak work force = prevention of development of a country

6. Debt

   • Take lots of loans, and now have to pay them all back

7. Trade barriers

   • unfair trade rules benefit rich countries
   • Poor countries have to compete with rich countries' subsidised products - so they never really win