http://www.chowrangi.com/causes-of-poverty.html Pakistan Politics, Current Affairs, Business and Lifestyle Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:10:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.chowrangi.com/causes-of-poverty.html#comment-5313 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:34:45 +0000 http://www.chowrangi.com/causes-of-poverty.html#comment-5313 You are absolutly right Monika. And thats what I called the negligence of personal reponsibilty in the form of accepting our system without questioning its predicament. You are absolutly right Monika. And thats what I called the negligence of personal reponsibilty in the form of accepting our system without questioning its predicament.

]]> http://www.chowrangi.com/causes-of-poverty.html#comment-5301 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:52:21 +0000 http://www.chowrangi.com/causes-of-poverty.html#comment-5301 i am a student of M.A. in Economics and i think the major internal cause of poverty is corruption. many govt. programs that are meant for poverty reduction dont reach the targetted people.bribes lead to diversion of resources away from productive uses. corruption also creates inequalities, for e.g. at the age of four or five i think nine children out of ten perform at the same level when they go for admission. here the corruption enters, now the school authorities choose that student who can provide the funds for the school on long term basis i.e. the child who has rich parents. the children of rich people get access to the best studies and in future they are the one who earn huge sums of money and the poor remain poor. the admission procedures of a school are not transparent. the current education system cant end corruption. the citizens of a nation are not united. each tries to earn as maximum as possible and even at the cost of earning of others. we don't treat each other as our family members. the head of a family works hard not because he has the responsibility of his family but because he has love for his children. in the same way i think one should treat one's nation as one's child not as one's mother. only then poverty and inequality can be removed. i am a student of M.A. in Economics and i think the major internal cause of poverty is corruption. many govt. programs that are meant for poverty reduction dont reach the targetted people.bribes lead to diversion of resources away from productive uses. corruption also creates inequalities, for e.g. at the age of four or five i think nine children out of ten perform at the same level when they go for admission. here the corruption enters, now the school authorities choose that student who can provide the funds for the school on long term basis i.e. the child who has rich parents. the children of rich people get access to the best studies and in future they are the one who earn huge sums of money and the poor remain poor. the admission procedures of a school are not transparent. the current education system cant end corruption. the citizens of a nation are not united. each tries to earn as maximum as possible and even at the cost of earning of others. we don’t treat each other as our family members. the head of a family works hard not because he has the responsibility of his family but because he has love for his children. in the same way i think one should treat one’s nation as one’s child not as one’s mother. only then poverty and inequality can be removed.

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