Poverty in Africa: Real-Life Consequences & Sustainable Solutions
Introduction.
Poverty has been one of the most challenged issues for most country including the white and Black country, the last OAU meeting head discloses country with far head in economic factor and lots of Africa nation were disclose to be nation battling with higher rate of poverty nation.
The reasons for poverty ,impact of nation and her citizen and ways to tackle the menace of the poverty will be disclose .
Poverty in Africa is an heart felt discussed issue and wide-ranging challenge that impacts millions of lives every day. Political instability, distribution of natural resources by government personnel , budgetural structure and government resources, climate change all contribute to this multi-dimensional crises.. And the people who are most sufferers are merely those in rural locations.
In this article post, we’ll explore the underlying causes of poverty in Africa, their populace effects on families and how this issue is affecting other close countries close to Nigeria like Niger, Burkina fado,Mali etc.
We’ll review some research findings to be debatable on why this challenge is so unbearable in this part of the world. And we’ll explore and feed the good news of the community planned programs sponsored by International countries and the sustainable profound remedy which can be brought to table.
Reasons for Poverty ,impact and strategies to curb menace of poverty in Africa.
Economic challenge and unemployment.
In 2015 , the United Nations under some well program scheme committed itself to the Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) in its efforts to end global poverty. Efforts goals include improvements in health, education, equality, economic development etc. 2030.
However, at this point in time, the black countried are not on track to meet these objective . Africa has the highest poverty rate with 23 of the world’s 28 poorest countries, which have extreme poverty rates above 30%. This rate is close to 4.8 times higher than the average cost of the rest of the world. Economic Inequality ,low-income people have less chances due to an unequal allocation of wealth.
Unemployment and citizens status.
In some African countries, like many places in the world, a small portion of the population are in power of significant portion of the nation’s wealth. This leaves the thousands of people struggling to meet their basic necessity of life. According to the united nation , the poverty rate in rural areas in Africa is 12.2%, which is more than three times higher than in urban areas, at 3.3%
Lack of stable, economic face and status has well contribute to the issue of poverty in Africa and some other part of country. well-paying jobs, people struggle to escape poverty. Lack of education ,poor governance and corruption. Education is the most powerful tool for economic mobility, yet many lack access to quality schooling, education now,is half poverty challenging because many graduate end up being salary earners ,how surprising to denote that salary earners is bit faulty or half poverty challenging indeed. Mismanagement of resources and corruption hinder poverty reduction efforts.
- Poverty has evolved thousands of life into malnutrition ,has parents could not afford basic needs of balance diet indeed.
- Criminal issues raging were factors of poverty in the economic had low productivity were measured immensely.
Strategies to Eradicate Poverty
- Economic Reforms for Wealth Distribution
progressive implementation of taxation to redistribute wealth fairly is one of the best method to wage war against poverty in Africa.
Government should contribute to small or mean businesses and entrepreneurship to foster inspiration with financial aid and mentorship programs in well equiped hand.
- Investing in Education
Provide free and quality education for all, target the well trouble knowledge in and across axes of the country to foster challenge and equip the traditional rulers as a light stick to walk with the people.
Promote vocational training to equip youth basically because adult can only be moved seeing young growing ,proving individuals with employable skills such as ,fishing,barbing etc.
- Job Creation Economic Opportunities
Encourage investment in industries that generate jobs, such as technology, agriculture, and manufacturing and also knowledge.
Agricultural scheme is one of best investmentingindustries that can helps in this crises
- Expand microfinance programs to help small businesses grow.
Strengthen workers’ rights and labor laws to prevent exploitation, and secure a guide to manage the labors interest to adopt new growth sysytem.
Others country ways of tackling poverty .
- American ,China ,France as great leading countries today are equipping both their physical and psychology trait of every individual so as no individual will depend on government.
- Secondly,Government are motivating education as the best power of self ideology to fight poverty as knowlege is best of all mother discpline. Thoughts and creativity from childhood are works into as parent began to identify their children skills in addition to music.
- Government of USA recently, discloses over 5,000 resident of America to go back to their country and made things work well just as level of poverty and economic inequality has been fighting lots of country.
- Lastly, Operation feed the nation is another government scheme which holds lots of record like that of Nigeria during Obasanjo regime in 1980s many Nigeria find hope as light of burden was systematically eased from lot of people.
- Palliative is not mostly, others country idea because many usually lose their lives in the process of fighting for palliative which cost of items reduces humanity value to breathless form of the tour of striving.
Adopting methods of training,education,agricultural scheme ,technology advancement can help our nation reduces levels of poverty.