Determinants Of Rural Poverty In Ghan Article Analysis

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Poverty is the worst social problem being faced the whole world. In its simplest terms, Poverty can be described as the lack of resources. It is an economic problem, which adversely affects the lives of people living in any specific part of the world. Inaccessibility and low economic growth are the main contributors to poverty. Improvement in economic growth accompanied by good governance and effective microeconomic and macroeconomic management can bring reduction in poverty.
Article 1: “Education, poverty and culture in Ghana 1991-2010” by Rolleston (2014)
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This article is of importance for the topic under discussion because it relates poverty with education and culture in Ghana. Using the quantitative research approach, the author …show more content…

The author has surveyed a village named ‘Wanda’ in the province of Punjab to obtain the required data in this quantitative research.
Pakistan is a country where the level of poverty is very high and a large number of population lives under the line of poverty (Malik, 1996). The high level of poverty also affects the overall culture of Pakistan. For example, the thoughts and perceptions of people living in poverty are not the same as of people of higher classes. Poor people just think of getting food, clothing, and shelter for their dependents and they do not have the time or resources to think about raising movements for getting equal rights. This is the most adverse effect of poverty on the culture of any part of world because it suppresses the speech ability of …show more content…

Using the theory of power in this quantitative study, the author talked about the hidden relationship between culture, essentialism, and poverty in India. The author has explored the link between social class and power. Power is a factor that keeps a person in one social class or another. In India, there are many social classes, which are ranked by the order of social status and power. Through the results of the survey that the author carried out for study, a direct relationship between power and social class was identified. Power comes with money. In India, the more money one has in his/her bank, the more influence he/she has on others. A person living in poverty cannot have any sort of power that he/she can exercise even on the people of his/her own social class. Mahalingam (2003) has tried to establish a strong association between poverty and social class of people. Brahmin is the most superior social class in India the power of which can be exercised on all other social classes. The difference of social classes is also deeply rooted in the culture of

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