In recent years some countries have experienced very rapid economic development. This has resulted in much higher standards of living in urban areas but not in the countryside. This situation may bring some problems for the country as a whole. What are these problems? How might they be reduced? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience

In the

last

decade, many countries have undergone development in its economic sector, but

this

often takes place in some parts of the country, usually the cities, leaving the rural areas lagging behind, resulting in an increase in the standard of living in cities compared to the towns and villages.

This

essay will discuss some problems associated with

this

and will

also

suggest solutions that might lessen the situation. Problems associated with selected cities having a high living standard compared to others are obvious and numerous.

Nevertheless

, only two main problems will be discussed here today.

First

, people tend to migrate to places with high living standard because

this

is directly proportional to better infrastructures, better opportunities, effective and efficient transportation as well as high skill demand. Often, people will leave their villages to the cities for these reasons, leaving the villages deserted and cities are, in turn, being over-populated, over congested and over polluted.

For example

, Lagos State is the most populated state in Nigeria due to its better infrastructures and cosmopolitan nature.

Second

, when people migrate in search of better opportunities, they pay taxes to their new city of residence.

Consequently

, the villages with reduced living standard are unable to generate internal income.

Thus

, the problems associated with selected higher living standard in a country are an insufficient generation of internal revenue in the villages and over-population in the cities. There are ways

this

issue can be alleviated. To start with, the authorities should issue a policy that every individual must reside in his/her state of origin.

Hence

, skilled workers are forced to migrate back and companies will be forced to establish branches in villages because these skills are no more concentrated in a particular region.

In addition

, the government should enforce all states to uniformly distribute their generated revenues so that no state will be indigent.

For instance

, a government policy was passed two decades ago, in Australia when faced with a similar situation. A survey was taken recently and

this

shows that the standard of living was uniform across the states within the country. In conclusion, the economy of many countries has developed in the past years.

However

, often times, only the cities experience high living standard leading to numerous problems in the nation.

This

write-up discussed these problems which include lower internal revenue and increased population.

This

write-up

also

suggested two solutions that can mitigate these problems which are government policies with regard to immigration and equal distribution of revenue amongst regions.