Why is Poverty a Persistent Global Reality? A Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Why is Poverty a Persistent Global Reality ? A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Introduction

The purpose of this is to look deep into the issue of poverty that exist world over . This research will cover the social , economical political and ethical perspectives of poverty which require a remedial action that need to be conducted with the collaboration of private sector , communities or families on the whole and with direct involvement by

the state as well . Different people have different opinion on which of the above mentioned sectors should be held responsible for the reduction of poverty and in this process they may give reasons and arguments for why the other two sectors should not be held directly responsible for this issue . However , through this report , we will look into all the three sectors and their level of involvement and efforts that are being made today in an attempt to eliminate poverty and restore equity in the society . These three sectors will be evaluated on ethical social and economic point of view separately . This report will also have a brief over view of what actually is poverty , what are its causes disadvantages and at times advantages as well

Methodology

The methodology adopted to make this report is entirely based on literature reviews and researches with respect to different economies different communities and different societies . The communities and societies under discussion in the report are different countries which we have studied whose examples were provided in different books articles and news journals . World Bank development reports have also been consulted in to see how far each sector , discussed above , has been successful in eliminating poverty with respect to countries . For example , maximum involvement from private communities and NGOs might be sufficient for eliminating poverty to a significant extent in developed countries because of large resources and funds , however , for developing countries , such as in South East Asia , the private NGOs and communities may not be able to contribute to poverty elimination to much expense due to lack of funds , rather they are only able to incite a need for change in the government policies and the way people think in those societies . Surveys and interviews have also been conducted for this report in to get first hand experience from people on who they think should be held responsible for the elimination of poverty because after all it is the opinion of the people that matter for the authenticity of the report . Samples were selected from different societies and efforts have been made to take into consideration people from all sorts of life so that the results may not be biased towards any walk of life . Theoretical definitions of poverty that were used in the brief over view of what poverty actually is was taken from different text books that have been written on the subject that also highlighted the main...