Sociology

In my opinion, the world has sufficient resources to sustain her entire population comfortably. But poverty continues to affect the quality of life for so many people around the world, particularly in the developing world. The main reason behind rampant poverty in the world is therefore the unequal distribution of resources. During the advent of the modern world, the developed nations annexed underdeveloped nations to obtain raw materials for their industries. Colonialism could be viewed as the time when unequal resource allocation escalated out of control, because since then, the legacy still lives on of master and servant. Even today the developed world exerts a lot of influence and virtually controls the economies of developing nations

When some population groups are not allocated their equal share of resources, a chain of events takes place leading to even more poverty. Such people cannot get access to quality education and therefore cannot empower themselves. Due to the resultant ignorance and illiteracy, such people cannot plan their families. The world is overpopulated at a time when employment opportunities are on the decline. Furthermore, governments of developing nations where poverty is most severe do not have adequate resources to sustain such large populations.

Due to ignorance and adversity of living circumstances, people have been forced to overexploit the little resources they already have. Forests, atmosphere, terrain and water sources have degraded altering the natural balance and ecosystems. Climatic conditions have therefore become extreme and unpredictable affecting the growing of food crops in most parts of the world, and this is another cause of poverty resulting from unequal distribution of resources.