WORLD IMAGE IN POVERTY

Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present. In most nations today, inequality the gap between rich and poor is quite high and often widening. The causes are numerous, including lack of individual responsibility and bad government policy, exploitation by people cutbacks in health, education and vital social services around the world have resulted from structural adjustment policies, and business with power and influence, or some combination of these and other factors. Many feel that high level of inequality will affect social cohesion and lead to problems such as increasing crime and violence. An inequality is often a measure of relative poverty. Absolute poverty, however, is also a concern. World Bank figures for the world poverty reveals a higher number of people live in poverty than previously thought.