Research paper
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Educational Value
Delimitation
Poverty is one of the main social problems affecting Belize and other third world countries. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty (Today, around 21,000 children die around the world, 2011) This is very heart-wrenching and shocking to me, to know that many children right here in Belize are going to school and bed hungry.
Many factors contribute to this occurrence including: lack of jobs, lack of skills, one may be born into poverty or one may be forced into poverty by lifestyle choices. In the Belize district, the poor people experience high levels of unemployment, especially when looking at single-parent families with mothers as the only source of income. According to the statistics from Professor Compton Bourne, PhD O.E., the president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Belize is the country second in line, with a poverty rate at 30%- 40% of the population (Bourne, 2005) Currently, 51.1% of the population uses at most five dollars a day for consumption. This is an incredibly small amount for someone to survive on.
In Belize, there are a lot of poor people who are not well-educated and most lack technical and vocational skills. This leads to crime such as theft, robbery, burglary, drug trade and murder, just to name a few. Although poverty affects all age groups, children are especially affected because they are dependent on adults for their survival. The way to rectify poverty in Belize is by improving the educational system that’s currently in Belize so that these poverty stricken children will be able to escape this horrendous ordeal.
This can be done if the Government of Belize duplicates and executed a successful poverty alleviation strategy from other third world and developing countries. By doing this, poverty in Belize can be alleviated drastically.
The
Introduction
Background
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Educational Value
Delimitation
Poverty is one of the main social problems affecting Belize and other third world countries. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty (Today, around 21,000 children die around the world, 2011) This is very heart-wrenching and shocking to me, to know that many children right here in Belize are going to school and bed hungry.
Many factors contribute to this occurrence including: lack of jobs, lack of skills, one may be born into poverty or one may be forced into poverty by lifestyle choices. In the Belize district, the poor people experience high levels of unemployment, especially when looking at single-parent families with mothers as the only source of income. According to the statistics from Professor Compton Bourne, PhD O.E., the president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Belize is the country second in line, with a poverty rate at 30%- 40% of the population (Bourne, 2005) Currently, 51.1% of the population uses at most five dollars a day for consumption. This is an incredibly small amount for someone to survive on.
In Belize, there are a lot of poor people who are not well-educated and most lack technical and vocational skills. This leads to crime such as theft, robbery, burglary, drug trade and murder, just to name a few. Although poverty affects all age groups, children are especially affected because they are dependent on adults for their survival. The way to rectify poverty in Belize is by improving the educational system that’s currently in Belize so that these poverty stricken children will be able to escape this horrendous ordeal.
This can be done if the Government of Belize duplicates and executed a successful poverty alleviation strategy from other third world and developing countries. By doing this, poverty in Belize can be alleviated drastically.
The
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