Gap between rich and poor countries. It's the responsibility of richer countries to support poorer countries while others think it's the responsibility of poorer countries. what is your opinion?

In

this

day and age, the

gap

between the affluent and the needy has increasingly widened.

Such

situation

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can be found not only between

the

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developed and developing countries

,

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but

also

among people of the same country.

This

essay intends to analyse the problems caused by

this

phenomenon, and suggest ways to mitigate the problem. The most significant problem is that a vicious cycle emerges from which the poor find it difficult to come out. In order to make both ends meet, both parents have to work for supplementary income and the children are left in the house, unattended. Their future becomes blurred, as they don't get quality education.

This

deprivation of

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children is very high in ultra-poor families.

Furthermore

, poverty and conditions resulting from poverty,

such

as lack of education

leads

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people to lawlessness and violence (e.g. robbery, theft, kidnapping, rape, murder, gang war, and drug addiction). Their pent-up desires for the finer things in life find a common outlet in the commission of crimes. The underdeveloped economies of Asia and even America are full of high crime rates due to poverty.

Finally

, the rich-poor

gap

alienates the poor in a discriminated manner.

This

invites the onset of revolution or terrorism. The political history of the global community

such

as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Indonesia, and

Philippines

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the Philippines

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is abundant in

poverty-related

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evolution of these events. The solutions are not simple and steps should be taken on a war footing. The

governments'

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effort

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efforts

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could improve

this

situation.

To begin

with, luxuries should be taxed heavily.

A balanced

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taxation should be there and the

taxation

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administration should be improved to ward off fraud and evasion of taxes. Penalties

against

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tax fraud and evasion should be more severe. Policymakers

also

need to focus on pushing up the bottom rather than dragging down the top. Free or highly subsidized education should be provided to the needy. The problem of youth unemployment should be dealt with by creating job opportunities. Self-employment should be encouraged by promoting small-scale industry. At the global level, international aid for poor countries is crucial for mitigating

this

phenomenon. International organizations,

such

as United Nations and World Bank, should provide support to developing countries in both technical and financial fields enabling them to improve infrastructure and strengthen industries. Summing up, the increasing

gap

between the rich and the poor should not be ignored as it causes

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and social instability in the country and effective steps should be taken to close

this

gap

. It has been rightly said that 'Inequality is not just bad for social justice, it is

also

bad for economic efficiency'.