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A 3 page paper promoting elimination of corruption; increased education; and increased globalization as being effective antidotes to poverty. The United Nations stated in 2005 that poverty could be alleviated if "rich" countries would give more, but the report fails to address corruption and inhibited economic development. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The United Nations rightly is concerned with the burgeoning problem of global poverty, the growing chasm between the "haves" and "have
nots." In 2005 the UN released a report it had commissioned to identify approaches to alleviating poverty, and predictably, the reports bottom line was to "throw money" at the
worlds poorest countries as a means of counteracting the areas of need. "The report says drastically reducing poverty in its many guises - hunger, illiteracy, disease - is utterly
affordable" (Dugger, 2005), and that is correct. It also is shortsighted in that it treats symptoms only, rather than addressing causes simultaneously. Spoilers
Adam Smith described the course of the overall economy of a nation, saying that individuals work in their own self-interest and that the total effect is a healthy, vibrant
economy guided by an "invisible hand." In the worlds poorest countries that hand often is all too visible and takes the form of rampant corruption. "Throwing money" at
these countries without also ensuring that it finds its intended uses - i.e., education, food, shelter, health care - provides no benefit. Transparency
International releases an annual Corruption Perception Index, which does not seek to measure actual levels of corruption present in any nation but rather surveys businesses and business peoples perceptions of
how corrupt a nation is. Kurtzman, Yago and Phumiwasana (2004) review the means by which corruption robs a national economy of its present and future growth and call for
the adoption of an "opacity" measure that would help to identify in more quantitative terms those nations in which corruption is the most destructive. Addressing Causes
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