Causes Of Poverty In Egypt

Poverty in Egypt

Over the past few decades, a global issue had aroused and increased sharply that threatened people 's lives and safety which is poverty, as we all know that poverty tend to be divided into various sections, yet the absolute poverty is the most irritated one. Economists claimed that poverty cannot be ignored anymore obviously because it seems like a timer bomb that exposes the country to robberies, high crime rates and beggars. An anger revolution is possibly to occur due to the lack of shelter, jobs and self-insurance that actually leads to an absolute poverty, unfortunately, as occurred in Egypt in 2011. This social phenomenon is described by the expert economists as a serious problem due to the disturbance in balancing

The failure of society to provide good schools, the failure of private industry to provide good jobs, poor people have been taken advantage of by rich people, the misusing of the minerals, agriculture, industries and tourism could expose the country to serious economy disasters and fall in with the economic equity and balancing the equality between citizens that will apparently leads to an extreme hunger and illness, poor education, low wages, low income rates, health insurance and lack of jobs; those reactions are the most significant driver to poverty since the mid-20 century leading to many destructive changes such as moral and manners around Egypt that negatively affect the people of the country and the reputation of Egypt 's citizens around the world. The poverty in Egypt is a main reason behind the disasters that announced in daily news for example: the spread of robberies and beggars, high crime rates, drug trade, illness and ignorance of the poor class which unfortunately cannot be defined as a low class level and lastly a serious un-ethical phenomenon that appeared lately by which the Arabian tribes used to kidnap rich adults and children asking for ransoms

Overpopulation brings forth major complications such as the unequal distribution of resources and rights. This in return causes poverty. Urbanization has engaged in recreation in increasing the poverty rates. “A demographic transition which resulted in rapid population growth, combined with large-scale shifts of population from rural to urban areas, led to severe pressures on labor markets” (El Gadawy, 2004). As the cities of Egypt are being overpopulated only 10% of the land is being used and the rest, 90%, is being unattained. The increase in job searching has increased in a small concentrated area, which leaves many jobless making them fall under the poverty line. 3.5 million people have reached the poverty line and the majority of them range from the ages of 15 to 29 years (Suleiman, 2013). Opening more job opportunities for the people is great but the concern is greater than this, the minimum wage is the main concern. Even employed workers are suffering from