Causes of world poverty
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- Created on: 30-03-14 16:28
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- Causes of world poverty
- Natural disasters
- Many LEDC's are in areas where natural disasters regularly take place.
- Such as earthquakes and floods that can destroy homes and farmland.
- War
- Many LEDC's suffer from wars.
- Wars destroy crops, homes, schools, hospitals and create refugees.
- A neighbouring country can also become an LEDC when war refugees arrive needing shelter, food etc.
- Lack of health care and education
- The lack of clean water, lack of birth control leads to too many children being born.
- The using up of resources, lack of education and diseases such as AIDS/HIV can prevent a country from developing.
- Debt
- All LEDC's suffer from debt.
- They have to borrow money from banks in MEDC's and pay large amounts of interest to the bank that they could have spent on development.
- Many LEDC's try to get money from abroad by growing and selling crops.
- But, rich countries pay their farmers grants to grow crops and put high taxes on the crops from LEDC's so their goods are expensive.
- Corrupt leaders
- Some governments are corrupt and aid from other countries does not always reach the people who need it
- Fear of other nations mean that some governments have refused to give help.
- Natural disasters
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