Should rich countries help poorer ones?

Today, the world is becoming more and more closely linked. Trade has increased and the movement of people between countries is greater than ever before. However, billions of people still live in poverty, and in many places, the gap between rich and poor is widening. This essay will look at the arguments for and against helping poor countries.

There are many reasons for helping poor countries. First of all, there are humanitarian reasons. Like individuals who give to charity, many countries feel it is their religious, social, or moral duty to help people in other countries who are suffering from famine, drought, war, or disease. However, many rich countries also donate money for political or diplomatic reasons. They want to maintain a relationship of dependency with the recipient, or simply to influence the government and direction of the country. A further reason why many countries help poorer ones is for economic reasons. The donors may want to control the supply of commodities such as oil, water, or wheat. Alternatively, the richer country may want to ensure markets for their own products, whether these are planes, computers or shoes.

However, aid is not necessarily the best way to help a country. For one thing, billions of dollars of aid often goes missing, into corrupt governments or inefficient administration. A second point is that many foreign aid projects are unsuitable for the target country. Many agencies build huge dams or industrial projects that fail after a few years or that do not involve the local people. Furthermore, much aid returns to the donor. This can be in the form of expensive specialized equipment and experts from the donor country.

There are many other ways we can help poor countries. Opening up trade barriers, so that poor countries can sell their goods is one way. Another is to remove subsidies so that imported goods from poorer countries can compete fairly. A third method is to forgive debts. Many poor countries have huge interest repayments on old loans.

The needs of the poorer countries may seem obvious. However, although our humanity makes us want to help eliminate poverty and suffering, we must examine the real needs of poor countries and implement solutions that will benefit both them and us.

economic growth vs global warming

Nowadays, people wonder how we will protect our environment while the economy is still dramatically growing. In this essay, I will show the benefits of the economic growth and the drawbacks of environmental impact; also I will argue about which one should be the first priority.

Economic growth has a lot of advantages for human life but it causes a lot of problems for our environment. First of all, it allows plenty of employment opportunities. As a result, these workers will have a better life for them and their families such as getting a good education for children and securing a safe life for them. Unfortunately, a lot of these jobs are dangerous for their health and life. For example, rural people in poorer countries are forced to work in mines and factories to earn some money. Furthermore, it causes an increase in charity and philanthropy from the richer countries.

On the other hand, many scientists believe that climate change is a threat to the future of the planet and if the economic growth is still increasing it will increase the amount of harmful gases such as greenhouse gases which are the main cause of global warming so the rate of greenhouse gases will be very high in India because it has many big factories and if the rate is still going up India will suffer more than any other country from global warming as the scientists are saying.

In conclusion, economic growth is a good thing for poor countries but it’s also causing a huge problem which is global warming. In my opinion I would say that economic growth will not lead to the destruction of our planet.

Population growth

The graph shows population growth in richer and poorer countries between 1750 and 2150. Overall the growth in poorer countries has increased sharply.

In 1750 the total world population was less than one billion and the population of less developed countries was three or four times greater than that of more developed countries. By 2000 the total figure was 6.1 billion, but only about 1 billion were in the more developed countries. The estimate is that by 2150 the total world population will be well over 10 billion but the total for the more developed countries will remain at about one billion and may even fall slightly.

Finally, the graph shows that the total population has increased and will continue to increase in both countries rich and poor and the increase will be more in the less developed countries than in undevelopment countries.