Poverty
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[edit] Causes of poverty
Decades after the end of colonialism, poverty persists. Some commentators see this as the lingering after-effect of exploitation, or the effect of ongoing exploitation through business and unfair trade conditions.
Other commentators highlight ineffective government or the negative impact of subsidies and aid.
In The Nature of Mass Poverty by J.K. Galbraith, the author discusses and compares cultures where people "accommodate" to their conditions, and accept their poverty. In cases where this "accommodation" is broken, through education or dislocation through social change or emigration, or exposure to external influences (e.g. railways in Punjab, India he argues that people tend to see opportunities, be less influenced by perceived limitations, and find ways to work their own way out of poverty.
[edit] Solutions to poverty
- Appropriate technology
- Policy
- Principles of development such as community participation in development
- Effective aid
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