in every $100. The aim of the Australian Aid program is to promote Australia’s national interests by contributing to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction to developing countries. Australian Aid provides Aid to key developing countries in East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. Their main focus is on two development outcomes: supporting private sector development and strengthening human development. The aid program is tied
age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” This right does not satisfy the sanitary condition in Africa. It is discriminatingly awful, food and water are very insufficient and far from fundamental standards. The current population in Africa is growing rapidly. Countries with the highest total fertility are mostly located on the Sub-Saharan Africa. One example would
Analysis of Socio-Economic Determinants of Poverty in Tanzania Mainland. 1.0: Introduction Poverty is a condition of living below a defined poverty line or standard of living (Mtatifikolo, 1994);. Ogwumike (2001) defined poverty as a situation where a household or an individual is unable to meet the basic necessities of life which includes consumption and non-consumption items, considered as minimum requirement to sustain livelihood. At the household level poverty is always measured by possessions index
Bharti Mittal, in his recent interview said that “Africa is an article of faith. I believe in this continent”. Recently, newspapers such as The Economist or the BBC have flooded their magazine with titles on Africa everywhere, calling it “the hopeful continent” or the “future breadbasket of the world”. But is Africa really rising, or are we being too optimistic? Economically, demographically, geographically, technologically, and socially, Africa has truly been growing, but maybe yet not enough to
More than 783 million people in Africa are without access of clean water. Many small villages all around Africa are on the extreme poverty line and children are struggling to survive everyday because of one main reason, water. Developing countries in Africa will never see success because children are held from learning due to their family’s low income and need of extra help. Young girls are forced to walk for water everyday that is filled with diseases instead of going to school. Luckily, many organizations
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor that most days people who live in extreme poverty are not able to get basic needs such as food and clean water. Almost of the world (over three billion people) live making less than $2.50 a day. At least 80% of all humans on earth live making less than $10 a day. And more than 80% of world population lives in countries where the disposable income differential is widening. Poverty and crime go hand in hand, so the more poverty there’s in a country the higher
Water Crisis in Africa Water makes up seventy percent of Earth’s surface. In several countries, there are many people that struggle for fresh water, for example Africa. Countries that do have the privilege of having fresh water should help the countries that struggle. With the help of others, fewer people will suffer from the lack of clean water. Africa and Asia itself have 5.5 million people that die from waterborne diseases. Waterborne diseases are caused from the lack of clean water. There are
contributes to income generation. Tourism in developing and least developed countries is one of the main sources of foreign exchange earnings, and one of the significant tool for reducing poverty (UNWTO, 2013) and achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (UN MDGs) i.e. to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Scheyvens, 2007; Zhao & Ritchie, 2007). Besides, the Secretary General of the UNWTO, in 2006 stated that the tourism industry could play
individual and bestowing benefits on all. Although historically development was usually employed to refer to economic development, nowadays it refers more often to human development, a holistic concept that encompasses governance, health care, education, poverty reduction, gender equality, infrastructures, sustainability, etc. Development should be distinguished from disaster relief or humanitarian aid. While the latter seek short term fixes to emergency situations, the former aims at implementing long-term
can use to change the world”. Education in Africa has been a matter of discussions through out history. After the colonization era,the education system in Africa suffered a significant change which leaves flagrant effects in today’s society. Africa is witness of violent conflicts and different economical and political realities that have an impact on everyday life, and most importantly, on future generations. The different realities of the countries in Africa, makes it difficult to consolidate a stable