http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E2D8113FF931A35756C0A9609C8B63&scp=9&sq=poverty%20in%20cameroon&st=cse
http://allafrica.com/stories/200710191195.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/private-sector-not-the-answer-to-poverty-414223.h
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp?p=1
According to an online article published by Anup Shah (last updated on march 04th, 2008) on the causes of poverty, the number of people who entered the 21st century unable to read a book goes up to nearly a billion. On the other side, less than 1% of what the world spend every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year. Only when we read or we know about these numbers that we could realize how shocking and paradoxical the situation is. Actually,this is the way in which money is disturbed and poverty is spread. Yet, what makes it that way? Why 4,000 children are killed everyday by diarrhea, or a disease caught from dirty water? Why 1,400 women die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth? Why 115 million school-age, most of them girls do not go to school?( Philip Thornton, 2206). It is really a scandal, which causes are known but camouflaged. Indeed, if it is not because of the corruption of some politics, if it is not because of undemocratic economy, if it is not because of human rights violation, the 2,500 school children would not have trooped in October 16, 2007 in the Ecole du Centre, a primary school in Yaounde in Cameroon, one of the most affected sub Saharan countries suffering from poverty, calling the government to tackle inequalities , to be much more fair and just, and to fight corruption so that they can cope with the problem of poverty.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200710191195.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/private-sector-not-the-answer-to-poverty-414223.h
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp?p=1
According to an online article published by Anup Shah (last updated on march 04th, 2008) on the causes of poverty, the number of people who entered the 21st century unable to read a book goes up to nearly a billion. On the other side, less than 1% of what the world spend every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year. Only when we read or we know about these numbers that we could realize how shocking and paradoxical the situation is. Actually,this is the way in which money is disturbed and poverty is spread. Yet, what makes it that way? Why 4,000 children are killed everyday by diarrhea, or a disease caught from dirty water? Why 1,400 women die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth? Why 115 million school-age, most of them girls do not go to school?( Philip Thornton, 2206). It is really a scandal, which causes are known but camouflaged. Indeed, if it is not because of the corruption of some politics, if it is not because of undemocratic economy, if it is not because of human rights violation, the 2,500 school children would not have trooped in October 16, 2007 in the Ecole du Centre, a primary school in Yaounde in Cameroon, one of the most affected sub Saharan countries suffering from poverty, calling the government to tackle inequalities , to be much more fair and just, and to fight corruption so that they can cope with the problem of poverty.
Therefore, it would be useless to blame rich countries for not delivering as much aids, as it is required while the causes of destitution are more local than international. According to an article published by the New York Times on May 14th, 2008, the International Monetary Fund, the World bank and other creditors declared that they provided Cameroon with 2,4 billion in debt relief for the progress it has made in improving the economy. Yet, still huge amounts of money and aids are needed. Of course, either for cameroon or any other developed nation, this financial help whould never be enough as long as being satisfied is totally relative to how fairly these loans are going to be distributed and used. I would agree strongly with the people who relate the caused of poverty around the world to the local and social corruption, bribes, injustice of some countries rather than to the lack of aids, the spread of privatization, or the endorsement of weapons production. Indeed, many of the developed countries themselves, give much focus to weapons production rather than to the real and urgent needs of their citizens.
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