The Causes And Impacts Of Poverty In Africa

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How would technology serve Africa and help in it in shaping a new world order

Background:
Africa the sleeping giant that is blessed with a large amount of natural resources; however, they experience weak economic growth. Africa is very rich it has a large quantity of natural recourses including diamonds, iron, gold, cobalt, silver and many other resources; in addition to the human force they have; therefore, it has all the factors that could help it maintain economic growth; however, the highest poverty rates are in Africa. The number of those living in extreme poverty in the sub-Saharan region increased from 290 million in 1990 to 414 million in 2010. Poverty in Africa is caused by corruption and poor governance, poor land use and land residency framework, common wars and unending political clashes, poor infrastructure, diseases and poor health offices, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) strategies, among others. As indicated by the World Bank in 1990 and the United Nations in 1995, poverty has different appearances which incorporate the lack of wage and profitable assets adequate to guarantee practical business, hunger, and unhealthiness, sick health, constrained or lack of access to training and other essential administrations, expanded grimness and mortality from disease, vagrancy, insufficient, unsafe and corrupted environment, social separation and rejection. It is likewise described by lack of participation in choice making in common, social

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