Poverty is a widespread socio-economic challenge that impacts individuals across the globe, surpassing boundaries, cultural differences, and economic standings. This plight robs people and families of fundamental human rights, such as the right to access essentials like food, education, water, and healthcare. The endeavor to eliminate poverty is not merely an act of charity; it is an imperative pursuit of justice.
Let’s understand the cause:
To formulate impactful strategies for poverty eradication, a comprehensive understanding of its root causes is crucial. Although these causes are intricate and diverse, they can be broadly classified into structural, systemic, and individual factors.
Structural factors:
In building a society free from inequality, it is imperative to address policies, economic structures, and societal norms that perpetuate disparities. Structural barriers, such as limited access to education, healthcare, and job opportunities, pose formidable obstacles for individuals and communities striving for equitable opportunities.
System factors:
Challenges like political instability, corruption, and discrimination contribute significantly to the perpetuation of poverty. Discrimination based on factors such as race, gender, or social class exacerbates the unequal distribution of resources, further intensifying the impact of poverty.
Individual factors:
Individual circumstances and choices are often intertwined with the societal context in which people reside, shaped by customs, traditions, and purchasing behaviours.
Measures to remove poverty
- Economic Growth: When there is good growth in the four factors of economic growth that is Land,
Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship, there will be reduction in the poverty rate in any country. - Employment Opportunities: Employment is one of the important channels to improve the living
conditions of people. - Population control: Overpopulation reduces the sharing of resources, less employment
opportunities causing major cause of poverty. - Agriculture: Poor farmers depend on agriculture to a large extent. Providing better production
facilities help in reduction of poverty. - Reduce inequalities of income: This reduces the purchase power of middle and low income groups.
Its important government intervenes and balances the inequality of income.
Shaurya Nag Rana
Vishwa Vidyapeeth