Brittney Little Mr. Rogan English 111 7 November 2013 Honduras: The Murder Capital of the World In Honduras over 60% of the population live in poverty. It is one of the poorest countries in the American continent (“This is Honduras”). This economic stagnation has had far-reaching effects on the Honduran population, from poor education, healthcare, and joblessness to increased theft, and more severe criminal acts such as illegal drug trade, sexual assault, human trafficking, and murder. The impacts of foreign mission activity are noticeable and much needed, but they alone are not enough to change the direction of the Honduran economic and social situation. Sporadic foreign aid also does little to help Honduras on the scale necessary to
In times of disaster, it is clear that America's poor are more so poor in regards to their social class, than their ability to survive as human beings. Even poor families, who are overcrowded by U.S. standards or face temporary food shortages, are likely to have living conditions far greater than that of the world average. The poor of America do have a hard time
Myth #2: Most poor people are minorities. Almost 43 percent of people living in poverty are white. In proportions, however, African Americans and Latinos are much more likely to be poor than Asian Americans and whites. Myth #3: Most poor people live in inner cities. A large number (33 percent) of the poor live in inner cities, the suburbs, small towns, and rural communities.
The benefits of globalization are unevenly distributed, and it causes hardship for poorer countries. The gap is widening between developed and developing countries. About two-thirds of the developing countries remain on the margins of the globalization process and are considered "nonglobalizers." Globalization can result in unemployment as businesses relocate operations to lower-cost areas. Many of these outsourced jobs don't pay decent enough wages to lift workers out of poverty.
When considering poverty, Third World countries, like Ethiopia, often come to mind. Unfortunately, even a country like Canada, where generally citizens enjoy exceptional health, education, a growing economy, and quality of life is so much higher than many other places in the world, struggles with poverty. Today almost five million Canadians are poor. Cities have experienced a dramatic increase in homelessness, newcomers are finding it more difficult to gain an economic foothold and young people struggle to get into the job market. For years the social issue focus has been on reducing the poverty.
Seismic events prove that it is a problematic for the world's population and produce devastating effects on the lives of everyone involved. However it is often said that LEDCs suffer much more from the effects of earthquakes than MEDCs. Whilst this is a generalisation it is probably true, at least in terms of the human cost. Poverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition, clean water, health care, clothing, and shelter because of the inability to afford them. There are several levels of poverty from an individual to national level and earthquake disasters impact at all levels.
Most whites had a racist attitude towards them during the 1900’s. The Afghan immigrants settled in South Australia, they were not treated poorly to the same extant but they were forced to live on the borders of towns, which were known as “Ghan Towns”. The Pacific Islanders immigrated to Queensland. These immigrants were treated very poorly; they faced backbreaking labour and scorching hot weather conditions. With these hard conditions they would only earn 2 shillings a week and had 3 years of work.
In poorer countries it means living at the brink of subsistence, while in the U.S, few improvised families confront starvation, although many suffer from undernourishment. Poverty is problem spreading globally and is a cause of
Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Global decisions, policies, and practices are typically influenced, driven, or formulated by the rich and powerful. As a result, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle. Globalization has contributed to growing inequality across countries and to social and economic exclusion and marginalization. According to Iceland, “The poorest 20% of the global population has not benefited much from general improvements.
Poor people live in poor neighbor hoods so it explains that there is a lot of risk associated with living in these areas. The violence levels and theft levels are very high in the said areas do to the fact people do not have enough money to purchase thing they need, and usually are angry at others