THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY

Poverty is a social issue that has grown over time to be one of the greatest problems concerning the world. This issue has been around a while, but many people do not care. Living here in we really do not get to experience what it is like to live a day without food. Poverty for most people has grown to be quite large. People have to make more just to survive in this world. Even around the world people seem cannot make enough just to feed their own children. This essay will discuss about the problem concerning poverty as well as the effects.
Poverty often drastically affects children’s success in school. It is not false to say that children who live at or below poverty level will have far less success educationally than children who live above the poverty line. Poor children have a great deal less healthcare and this ultimately results in many absences from the academic year. This problem will relate to the country’s economy. It gives bad effects towards the economy of the country. The children who do not attend the school will bring loss to the government because the money that the government spends for the children’s education will not be used exactly as it is for.
Furthermore, there has been the distinction between the rich and the poor. During most of the time the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Those who live in poverty suffer from hunger or even starvation and disease. Hunger and disease are always describing people in poverty. Asthma is the common problem children faced when born into poverty. This problem and disease also will affect the economy of the country because the government needs to invest more towards the health problems among the people.
In a nutshell, education, money, and health play important roles in life. Those who do not have these kinds of things are labeled as those in poverty. Poverty gives bad effects towards the economy of the country. There are many ways to reduce the poverty in the country. The government should take the first steps to ensure that no more poverty in their country, such as invest more on the people in poverty or build free houses to those in poverty.

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