Brazil, a rich country full of poor peop June/2010 Introduction “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”Aristotle (Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist)-384 BC - 322 BC I am a Brazilian. I have seen a lot of poverty in Brazil, and I also have seen a lot of rich people and places. I would like to ask in writing this project, if Brazil is the 5th largest economy in the world, rich in almost every natural resource, why are the Brazilian people still so poor? And what factors make Brazil a poor country? I am indeed having a very hard time reconciling the horrible poverty, social discrimination, and the great natural wealth of the country.
JWB Douglas did a longitudinal study of 5’362 children in 1964 which continued until they were 16. It was a large study so it was a good generalization but there were some faults within his study. The analysis was measured by IQ tests which aren’t perceived as accurate or reliable and people drop out due to death, illness and other matters. Nevertheless the study showed that working class children are less likely to stay at school and go onto higher
In Canada right now: One in ten children is poor. Canada's child poverty rate of 15 percent is three times as high as the rates of Sweden, Norway or Finland. Every month, 770,000 people in Canada use food banks. Forty percent of those relying on food banks are children. These statistics point to a betrayal of Canada's children.
Also the literacy rates are low, Haiti needs help until the government is able sustain the people in this country. To begin, Haiti has a very low annual income compared to other countries in the world. The Gross Domestic Product in Haiti in 2013 is $8.459 billion dollars. This should have ranged from $30,000 to $17 trillion. Also the country is very over crowded, in 2013 the population recorded 10.32 million people.
It has been said that poverty results to powerlessness and inequality. Although absolute equality in the society is impossible to achieve, especially considering the fact that a society must not try to distribute all of its resources equally (Levitan, 1990), the prevalence of poverty has caused numerous problems. It has been said that extreme poverty is very common as it afflicts as much as 23 percent of the total population of the world. There are citizens living in the regions of East Asia, Africa, and South America who experience extreme income poverty, or those who earn USD 1 a day or less. Absolute poverty on the other hand has been said to prevail in Sub-Saharan African region with 300 million of people suffering from it.
Poverty: The United States vs. South Africa Poverty is a very prevalent issue in our world today. It is the tragic economic condition in which one is deprived of something, to the extent of severity that an individual in this condition cannot go on to live “with dignity” in his or her own society, (Conley, 355). The United States has one of the highest poverty rates in the advanced world and one in five American children lives in a household with an income below the poverty line, (Conley, 379). In Mark Mathabane’s autobiography, Kaffir Boy, Mark Mathabane is born into a poverty-stricken family in South Africa where he is faced with the violent struggle of striving towards wealth. Regardless of ones location, the consequences and sacrifices of poverty remain the same: homelessness, hunger, and poor health, (Conley, 357).
For years, the people of Sierra Leone have been known as some of the poorest on the globe. A valid explanation of such poverty is well deserved, as well as an effective policy to overcome it. African nations are stereotyped as the most economically stagnant nations of all. Sierra Leone and its bordering countries are the ideal representations of that. The word stagnant does not begin to describe what the people that live in this country endure.
We May Live In the Same Country But We Are Not The Same Lying on the Equator, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the third largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, everything is based on a social system where women have not gained full equality amongst men. Now days, women in the DRC are classified by the location in which they live in – urban or rural. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are differences between rural and urban women’s lives because of the different challenges of their locations and societal roles. The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has declined severely.
Some family-based immigrants may be highly educated or skilled, but the vast majority of admissions are made without regard for those criteria. The immigrant population reflects the system's lack of emphasis on skill. Nearly 31 percent of foreign-born residents over the age of 25 are without a high school diploma, compared to just 10 percent of native-born citizens. Immigrants trail natives in rates of college attendance, associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees, but earn advanced degrees at a slightly higher rate (10.9 percent, compared to 10.4 percent for natives). Illegal immigrants are the least-educated group, with nearly 75 percent having at most a high school education.
School administrators all across the country have been noticing that students have been missing too many school days. Because of this occurrence, they needed a solution to their truancy problem. One of the solutions they thought of was to take away the truant student’s driver's license. However, some people believe that school should not have anything to do with licenses. Some people believe the students should have their own choices.