What are the main causes of poverty in America?

Answer 1

In countrys like Canada we do not have extreme poverty because we have lots of non renuewable resources which other countries will pay a lot for. This means that there are many good jobs to offer. In some other countries they do not have very many things to sell this means that there are not as many jobs to offer.

Answer 2

1. Lack of knowledge and good skills in herding was widely given as a main cause of poverty. This was often mentioned in conjunction with laziness, although not always. Lack of good skills was often a cause related to life-cycle stage of a household, and a problem particularly associated with young herders beginning their herding career, and those who had not been herders during the negdel period. These were not necessarily seen to be lazy people.

2. Another reason given as a cause of poverty was the distribution of animals at privatisation and the receipt of only a small number; insufficient for effective, self-sufficient herding. This was mostly experienced by those in government service, who were not herders within the negdel and had limited eligability for animals. Another significant factor related to number of animals held after transitions is the general wealth of the household during the negdel period. Some animals were privately owned by negdel workers and so these households began with larger herds after the privatisation process, and thus were in a better starting position. Some households also found themselves in debt to the negdel at the time of privatisation and lost their share of privatised animals in repayment, and this they identified as a cause of their poverty. An historical profile of the poor in bag II supports the explanation that those beginning the transition period with few animals have largely been unable to build up the herds since. Their livestock numbers have continued to deplete primarily due to the need to sell or exchange animals (usually sheep) for necessary items, such as flour, rice, clothing, cash, etc. The lack of available cash to purchase these things and the reliance on traders who give poor rates, was identified as a main problem by many herders. Herders with no supplementary skills, e.g, carpentry, saddle making, boot making, etc., were seen as particularly vulnerable to herd depletion.

3 The most noteable cause of intractable poverty identified by the majority, both in interviews and the training, was 'laziness'. This is characterised as having low interest in a good life, passivity, lack of motivation and initiative, low interlect, dependency thinking, reliance on assistance from others, and lack of life skills (to plan and organise their life), bad training and care of children by parents. It was felt by some participants in the workshop that laziness should be dealt with through education. The overall feeling was that these types of people are 'no hopers' and in need of some form of assistance to survive; they do not have the ability and life skills to manage alone. The wealth ranking exercise also identified drunkards who squandered their animals within the category of lazy and poor.

4. Another cause of poverty related to life-cycle stage was identified as the traditional inheritance practice of providing animals to sons (and also daughters) at marriage, thus reducing the stock of the parents.

5. The lack of employment elsewhere and Immigration of people without assets into the sum was also seen as a cause of poverty in the area.

6. The risk of natural disasters, such as dzud, was seen to be a threat to all herders and could cause people to become poor.

7. The lack of a livestock insurance system was also regarded as a cause of poverty by some people.

Answer 3

The answer depends on what part of the world you are asking about, however, in general, poverty is caused by a lack of education, government corruption, cycles of dependency, and in some cases, inadequate access to or no understanding of family planning.

Answer 4

Poverty in the industrialised world:

There is a link between education and poverty. Poor education often means that people either have no work or poorly paid work. Poor education can also result in lack of information regarding, or access to, family planning such as the contraceptive pill; thus poor families may have a higher number of children.

In places such as the US where health care is linked to full-time employment, this results in substandard health care for a whole group of people, with a nock-on effect regarding education and employment. The lack of health care situation does not exist in countries which have a form of universal health care (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or those in Western Europe). Some nations such as Germany and the UK have well established social welfare structures designed to prevent people falling below the established poverty line. Others, such as the US, do not have such structures and either cut, or end, welfare benefits after a period of time.

The recent credit crisis has increased poverty levels in industrialised nations. It began in the US when unscrupulous companies gave mortgages to people who could not really afford to pay. When the housing market stalled and declined, and properties fell in value, these people often went into negative equity and could not sell. Also, they lost jobs and were unable to pay. Often mortgage companies would offer a product at a low interest rate, which when went up significantly after 5 years or so. When US banks collapsed, it affected those in other countries due to finance being international.

Poverty in developing nations

It is widely accepted that Africa has the worst poverty in the world. Many nations have limited Natural Resources; some, such as those in the sub-Sahara, have none. Thus, the ability to generate wealth is severly limited. Famine, drought and other natural calamities have caused havoc with crops. Malnutrition has followed.

Corrupt regimes have often resulted in the wealth produced by a nation being pocketed by its rulers, and international aid going the same way.

Traditionally inequitable trading agreements between developing and developed nations have resulted in natural resources being stripped from certain African nations. Farmers have been paid a pittance for their work and their goods. This exacerbates poverty levels. The AIDS pandemic has ravaged many African nations, leaving countless children orphaned and the work force depleted.

In recent years, efforts have been made to redress trade agreements. Organisations such as the Fair Trade Movement (rapidly increasing in popularity in Europe) have resulted in farmers being paid a fairer price.

Answer 5

Any listing of these causes will so severely simplify this issue as to reduce the analysis to nonsense. Poverty is an extremely complex issue and many misguided attempts to solve the problems causing poverty have actually caused greater poverty that is then harder to get out of. Poverty is an inherent property of all human societies, not just a condition.

Answer 6

Poor education corruption and misuse of resources

Answer 7

What are the major causes of poverty