Presentation Type
Poster
Department
Sociology
Description
Poverty can be defined as the state of being extremely poor. Nearly one half of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. Furthermore, more than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty, living on less than $1.25 a day. There have been numerous efforts from major Non-Governmental Organizations and International Governmental Organizations such as the United Nations, who attempted to implement The Millennium Development Goal in the 1990s, which was a goal that consisted of 8 large objectives. One goal was the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. The UN set a deadline to reach these goals by 2015. Despite their efforts to push this agenda, poverty still persists in our world today. Even though some instances of poverty occur within well-developed countries, poverty tends to be a trait associated with countries that are less developed commonly known as the Third World. This term was coined by a french demographer named Alfred Sauvy in 1925. He intended the term to refer to countries that were not as wealthy, capitalistic, or democratic. The Third World generally consists of countries within the southern region of the world, countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and most of Asia. As previously stated, poverty is a common trait among Third World countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between poverty and high birth rates specifically within the Third World. In an effort to uncover the factors of this epidemic, we will discuss a few major works done on poverty within the Third World. I will also perform an additional case study of an African country. As well as provide a logical analysis, all in effort to demonstrate that high birth rates are a contributing factor to poverty within the Third World.
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Poverty in the Third World: High Population Birth Rates
Poverty can be defined as the state of being extremely poor. Nearly one half of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. Furthermore, more than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty, living on less than $1.25 a day. There have been numerous efforts from major Non-Governmental Organizations and International Governmental Organizations such as the United Nations, who attempted to implement The Millennium Development Goal in the 1990s, which was a goal that consisted of 8 large objectives. One goal was the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. The UN set a deadline to reach these goals by 2015. Despite their efforts to push this agenda, poverty still persists in our world today. Even though some instances of poverty occur within well-developed countries, poverty tends to be a trait associated with countries that are less developed commonly known as the Third World. This term was coined by a french demographer named Alfred Sauvy in 1925. He intended the term to refer to countries that were not as wealthy, capitalistic, or democratic. The Third World generally consists of countries within the southern region of the world, countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and most of Asia. As previously stated, poverty is a common trait among Third World countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between poverty and high birth rates specifically within the Third World. In an effort to uncover the factors of this epidemic, we will discuss a few major works done on poverty within the Third World. I will also perform an additional case study of an African country. As well as provide a logical analysis, all in effort to demonstrate that high birth rates are a contributing factor to poverty within the Third World.