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
“All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men”, (William Penn a preacher, minister, and missionary in the late seventeenth century). In The Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexies shows us how alcohol abuse affects Junior's life, how painful it is to deal with the effect, and how it leads to violence and death of the ones he loves. Alcoholism is a disease that affects millions of people and it isn't different for Indians as we see in every other page of this novel. To understand why alcoholism is a disease, it's important to look up it's effects.
While the Great Depression started in the United States, it had a profound impact on several powerful European countries like Germany, the United Kingdom and France. These interdependent countries were traumatically affected by the United States’ failing market as they watched their own markets plunge into chaos. London’s Evening Standard reports that unemployment rates in the United Kingdom were up to seventy percent due to the drop in carrier ship production. The economy inside the United States was just as appalling as the countries it affected. During this time, the American dollar and trade was catastrophically weak.
In addition, the feeling of worthlessness is another emotional long-term effect of crack cocaine use. “With continuous use of this drug, more and more fatal users lose interest in their life and begin to drive loved ones out
WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE DIANE RAY ENG/101 JULY 05, 2013 ELIZABETH FLEITZ KUECHEMEISTER WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE Crack Cocaine is a very powerfully drug. Cocaine is made when it is heated up with water and baking soda it begins to form and make crack pipe for smoking. Cocaine is a drug that affects the brain and the nerve system .this powerful drug can cause irritable, depression, itching, and stomach upset, and craving for substance (Edward Roxanna Dryden). Cocaine can be use through the nose for (snorted) it can be use to injecting into a needle to shoot into you vein to receive the higher high there is because it go straight to your bloodstream and become effective than ever. Several people 17 to 58 or even in 60 has use crack cocaine sometime in their life.
First of all, Haiti economic in general is really bad and having the AID virus spread around ruined its reputation for tourist to come to visit. For example “Whatever you write, don’t hurt us any more than we have already been hurt.” (p.450) this quote means that the country of Haiti doesn’t want journalist to publish about the AID virus in Haiti. Since in Haiti there aren’t jobs available because of the economic prostitution increases. When prostitution increases the AID virus spreads and becomes an epidemic in society .Moreover because the economic in Haiti, there isn’t a lot of job out there, therefore prostitution comes in conclusion. Education is an important factor to help stopping the AID virus from spreading in Haiti.
In spite of many recent economical, political, and social achievements, Afghanistan is still ranked as the fourth poorest country in the world, according to the Afghanistan 2007 Human Development Report. One of two Afghans is classified as poor, with more than 20 percent of the rural population consuming less than the average daily calories. Historically, the drought of the nineties, the destruction of basic infrastructure, the damage to institutional organizations, and the scarcity of skilled professionals has been among the primary causes of poverty. Decades of war and foreign invasion has greatly impacted its political and social stance and essentially has destroyed its economy. Economic frailty and government dependence
The World Bank and Its Role in the Ebola Crisis Over the past several months, an outbreak of Ebola virus diease has devastated West Africa. Several countries have paid a high price, in terms of both lives lost and economic impact. Due to the lack of financial resources common throughout most of Africa, the region is ill equipped to mount a quick, effective response to this outbreak. The World Bank, which has recently announced and implemented a finance package to assist the affected countries, is uniquely capable of assisting the region. The World Bank was established in 1944, and has a twofold mission: to “end poverty, and boost shared prosperity.” (http://www.worldbank.org/en/about).
The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster in American history. A variety of factors led up to it, including a dangerous amount of stock market speculation and an excessive lending of credit. Other contributing factors were a weak farm economy, lack of government regulation of business, and high tariffs. Unemployment rose as high as twenty-five percent of the workforce and the U.S Gross National Product dropped from $104 billion to $56 billion. This huge depression eventually expanded across the globe, leading to a worldwide economic crisis.
Knowing that there is no money to get by with at least the essentials in life, could lead to people doing things they feel they can control. Socioeconomic thoughts by people in poverty are well-known factors of African-American drug use. Many experts on substance abuse disorders agree that poverty and other socioeconomic factors have a great influence on the frequency of substance abuse in the African-American community. A 1992 study identified poverty, illiteracy, limited job opportunities, poor education, high availability of drugs, and stresses of the urban lifestyle as underpinnings of substance abuse in the black community