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Every country has poor people and every country has different ways of dealing with the poor. What are some of the reasons for world poverty? How can the poor be helped? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Even in developed
countries
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a degree of
poverty
 exists.
However
, in many developing
countries
poverty
 is a major problem, and the number of poor
people
 continues to increase. There are various factors that cause
poverty
 and these need to be addressed.' The
first
 factor influencing
world
poverty
 is the current global economic
system
.
This
system
 reinforces inequality between rich and poor
people
 since it allows resources to be distributed unequally amongst
people
.
In addition
, the global economic
system
 can favour the investment strategies of large transna­tional corporations, which often pay their
workers
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worker's
workers'
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 sub-standard wages. Another reason for
world
poverty
 is illiteracy. Many
people
 around the
world
 do not have access to
education
, and
as a result
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do not learn to read or write. They are,
therefore
, precluded from well-paid employment and so can not improve their living conditions. In order to provide help for the
world
's poor these problems need to be addressed.
Firstly
, the interna­tional community has to establish a fairer economic
system
 in which the wealth of each country can be shared equitably amongst its
people
.
Moreover
, all
countries
 around the
world
 should make it a priority to eradicate illiteracy by providing
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omprehensive
education
 for all citizens so that everyone is equally capable of improving their living standards via access to
education
. To conclude, it can be said that
poverty
 will probably always exist.
Nevertheless
,
countries
 around the
world
 can take actions to reduce
poverty
 by ensuring that there is a fair distribution of wealth amongst
people
, and by making sure that all
people
 have access to
education
.
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