Reasons for Economic Inequality in Sub-Saharan Countries

These statistics are slightly higher in rural as oppose... ... middle of paper ... ...line were ruined. Transportation costs are very high which seriously hampers small producers’ access to markets. At the height of the conflict, about one third of the country's people were displaced. The chronic financial crisis became severe and the economy was close to collapsing. Poverty became deeper in the rural areas of the Congo where poor people are now powerless, vulnerable and isolated.

Global Poverty and Inequality Poverty Extreme poverty persists in developing countries. Major explanations for poverty include a low level of production and GDP per capita and high inequality within poor nations (Perkins). Poverty disproportionately affects different regions and demographics within countries. While extreme poverty is shrinking worldwide, it is still prevalent in Africa. Moreover, the global poor tend to be rural, young, and poorly educated (WB REPORT).

Also, the awareness of the financial growth is unstable and irregular across the South Africa regions. The monetary increase has been rigorous just in 11 rich nations, which do not include South Africa. While, 89 other countries represent 1.0 billion citizens or one quarter of the planet populations are economically poorer off than they were five or more years ago like South Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa requires greater focus on their poverty, so the issue is who needs come first poor or rich. In this research paper it will go more in details about these problems that South African faces each day to survive.

Concerning poverty, firstly, food poverty is confronted by most poor nations and it can be defined as the inability to obtain healthy and affordable food. Unfortunately, western countries do not give efficient aid to help fight this problem. An example can be seen in Ethiop, according to the United Nations report, in 2008 nearly half Ethiop’s popul... ... middle of paper ... ...lobalissues.org/article/35/foreign-aid-development-assistance (accessed: 4th April,2011) Stiglitz, J. (2002) Globalization and its discontents W.W.Norton and Company: United States Sumner, A. (2011) ‘The New Bottom Billion: What If Most of the World's Poor Live in Middle-Income Countries?

Malnutrition is by far the largest contributor to child humanity. Most child birth death occurs in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. Catching disease such as Malaria and tuberculosis can extend. Malaria growth is 1.3% in some developing nations. Poor people spend greater portion of their budgets on food as a result, poor house hold can be particularly vulnerable to increase in food prices.

Poverty in Developing and Less Developed Countries The world includes less developed countries and developing countries. Less developed countries are countries considered to be poor and often contain many people who are in absolute poverty. Developing countries are countries like India, which are gaining in wealth. There are two types of poverty within the world. Absolute poverty is where people don't have enough money to provide standard living conditions for themselves and characteristics of substandard lives are disease, malnutrition, and low-life expectancy.

There has been a lot of poverty in Nigeria over the past 10 years. More than half of Nigeria’s population has been suffering with poverty. There have also been surges that are over 60%. Some of the reasons Nigeria has poverty is because of their living standards, which hasn’t changed since the 1970’s, corruptions is excluding the country from developing, unemployment, non-diversification, inequality, and poor education systems. Nigeria has poverty, which can be solved by the following actions.

While the lack of basic human necessities affects adults, it however affects the education, health, nutrition and protection of children more. The problem of extreme poverty in Africa has caused many children to be in terrible situations. Because of poverty, many children are exposed to conditions such as malnutrition, child labor, underweight, and diseases. According to UNICEF, “More than 30 per cent of children in developing countries – about 600 million – live on less than $1 a day. Every 3.6 seconds one person dies of starvation.

From being one of the most prosperous countries in sub Sahara Africa, Zambia has experienced a sharp decline, a crush, of its economy, which has had a great adverse impact on the quality of 10 million people. The decline started with the rising oil prices of the mid 1970's, which coincided with the drop in world copper prices being the mainstay of Zambian economy. The droughts which were experienced in the early 1980s have persisted into the 1990's and their impact has contributed to the decline in agriculture production. Liberalization and structural adjustment programme (SAP) of the economy denied the faming community access to markets both for agriculture inputs and for sale of produce and this has in many areas reinforced the tendency towards declining production. In addition, SAP has led to increase to unemployment and living hood insecurity, due to the retrenchments in public service and mining.

Some Sierra Leone citizens have begun importing foreign rice due to higher prices in Sierra Leone which lowers the incomes of farmers. Due to the war many farm families were displaced and their farms were no longer operational. This led to a shortage in food which increased the price, making it unaffordable for many. Due to these issue faced in the agriculture sector of post war Sierra Leone many of there citizens have succumbed to poverty and has resulted in Sierra Leone becoming the eight most impoverished country in the world.