poverty alleviation is it cost effective?
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Certainly, it surely would be more effective that trickle down
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Sorry dude but ur question aint clear. \n\nR u saying investment on housing in Nigeria. Well this particular sector is generally handled by international ngos and they don't do an efficient and honest job. the people themselves will have to come up with a brighter plan i suppose
357659
no it dont work...it's about $100-$150 per person
486878
We need programs for the poor.  But we need to ask ourselves if the Food Stamp program is the best way to do that?\n\nHow much of our tax dollars go into the food stamp program?  \n$27.5 billion from Federal Tax \n$6 billion in admin. costs paid by the states\n$33.5 billion Total spent\n\nHow much actually makes it to people as food stamps?\n$21.5 billion in payouts.  \n\nThat means only 67 cents of every government dollar goes to help the people.\n\nThe LOWEST graded food bank type charity managed to get 87 cents of every dollar to the people.  \n\nAnd the food stamp program doesn't have to do any fundraising like charities do! \n\nSomeone gets laid off, it takes months to start getting food stamps.  Food banks would be able to address the need quickly.\n\nMany people sell their food stamps for cash, 50cents on the dollar.  It would be harder to do that with a can of green beans.\n\nMany people use food stamps to buy junk food.  Food banks would be able to limit that.\n\nJust because something needs to be done, doesn't mean the government should be the one to do it.  They usually manage to mess it all up.
1085507
Hunger and poverty will always be around, but their burden can be lessened significantly.  While we cling to our faith that government will deliver us, provided that we let ourselves be taxed to death, no great dent can be put in the global issues of poverty and hunger.  \nWelfare and foreign aid do nothing but give harmful bureaucracies more and more power to abuse.  Such programs look good, but they create a system of force: govt steals from us, calling it compassion, making us victims who "gave at the tax office" and perpetuates a dependency on legalised theft.  That is not "social responsibility"!  This is a perversion of the concept of compassion, of charity, but as long as we trust religion and/or government to rescue us, there is no real help for the poor.  \n\nCompassion, NOT compulsion.  http://www.bureaucrash.com/
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There are many issues causing poverty - there is inequality, human rights issues, lack of education, lack of access to information, unfair trade practices ... so reducing poverty in this millenium is a difficult although attainable goal.  There's also talk of the Milllenium Development Goals which multialteral development insitutions are inviting all governments and NGOs to help in achieving. I hope this will help you attend that lecture better.
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It is expensive.  The cost creates a technical divide.  The poor do not have equel access to the new tech (think about computers and the internet in the 90's).
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http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/05poverty.shtml\n\nThere you go. You should print it out.\n\nGood luck!
503684
You have to be careful not to help create an atmosphere of dependence.Remember the welfare system? Now it is welfare to work and has limits and better monitoring.What you give is a choice not a requirement. Be thankful and give whatever you can.Rich or not,$300,000 is a chunk of change especially in an impoverished country. Peace.
79267
Yes. Too many people that are ripping off the government using the welfare system. Also, welfare is not a permanent solution, but is a helping hand until you get on your own two feet.
433668
I wish, but the answer is NO. The relationship between Islam and poverty is cause and effect...Islam CAUSES poverty...many people confuse the order.
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There will always be poverty.   They can not be eliminated.   Some poverty exists because of the poor fortune people had.   But some are because of people not willing to do their best and work themselves up.\n\nThe question may how to reduce the poverty.      We must look at what are the most basic thing that keeps people down.\n1. housing\n2. medical expenses\n3. educations\n4. jobs\n\nIf only we can help/assist people with the needs for affordable help on the four major categories,  many people still stuck at or below poverty line.
822644
I would give 2.5% for the poor people allover the world, not just in Africa. Make all my family, friends, close neighbours rich. Make a big party and invite anyone who live within 1 mile radius. 120 is too much...for me £10 millions is just enough!
824240
Well. Put a project plan and apporach any certified NGO who probably can fund the plan. But you seriously need to have good plan before you can convince anybody.
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Query - have any of you read the book, or looked at the plan? It's clever, not perfect but at least it's something more than Sally Struthers standing there teary-eyed and saying "think of the children!"\n\nI'm inclined to think this plan is worth a shot. Yes, it'd be nice if Bono and Jolie would put their money where their mouths are, but it seems a far better use of tax dollars spent on foreign aid to render it through programs that actually do something rather than funnel it through dubious government entities that allow a great deal of siphoning off the top by corrupt leaders.\n\nOr we could just allow Malthusian processes to take care of it through war, famine and pestilence. Not that these don't impact us. Famine drives up the prices of crops. Pestilence, well, we now have HIV which may have been caught and contained far sooner if there was a public health infrastructure in place, and hemorrhagic fevers native to many of these regions are the stuff of nightmares. Then there's war, but I don't think I need to remind you how many situations the military has gotten into after the humanitarian portion of the mission collapsed. I think it's simply cheaper in the long-run to try to ameliorate poverty rather than deal with it's aftermath, but it's as much your tax money as it is mine, so we'll see the exit polls.
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Hmm.. 44 billion dollars, 6.5 billion people, You  have under $7 per person to work with, so there is little you can do that will change the whole word by spending the money on individual people.\n\nI would plow the money into research, targeted at improving agriculture, health, and education. I would try to leverage the 44 billion by seeking matching grants and by seeking programs that are currently in progress but in need of additional funds.
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There are lot of schemes sponsored by the Govt. for BPL [ below povertyline] families like SGSRY [ Swarn jayanti swarozgar yojna] etc.\n\nFor enjoying the benefits of the BPL schemes, one has to get his name included in the BPL list prepared every year at block level. Afterwards they can form an SHG i.e. self help group and can be financed through local banks. Individually also one can apply for a loan through block.\n\nIf he is not heard any where and is not benefitted through block, he can reach the CDO [ Chief developement officer ] of the district. There are lot more schemes. Even a poor can get Rs. 10000/- for the marriage of thier daughter.\n\nThere is no need to reach HRC at all as it will cost a BPL person a lot and he will also loose his daily wages by devoting time to such activity.\n\nI would like to advise such a pesrson to contact local authorities for the relief as Govt is very strict on the administration for poverty alliviation programmes.