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About this event: Blog Action Day 2008
Related to country: Ghana Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

SOME FEW PRACTICAL CAUSES OF POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

1. WARS
2. Lack of resources..
3. Misuses of Scares resources
4. Tribal conflicts
5. Greed on the part of the leaders
6. NO UNITY in African extended families
7. IGNORANCE –illiteracy
8. SELFISHNESS
9. Laziness on the part of the Individual
10. Poor educational materials for learning –outmoded(even student who complete cannot directly apply what they learn in their schools in the field
11. Copying blindly most behaviors of developed countries. Especially their music media.
12. Migration

TODAY WE ARE KICKING YOU OUT OF AFRICA FOREVER.....shame poverty!!!!

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KILL POVERTY...!!!!!! KILLING CAUSES OF POVERTY


About this event: Blog Action Day 2008
Related to country: Ghana Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

SOME FEW PRACTICAL CAUSES OF POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

1. WARS
2. Lack of resources..
3. Misuses of Scares resources
4. Tribal conflicts
5. Greed on the part of the leaders
6. NO UNITY in African extended families
7. IGNORANCE –illiteracy
8. SELFISHNESS
9. Laziness on the part of the Individual
10. Poor educational materials for learning –outmoded(even student who complete cannot directly apply what they learn in their schools in the field
11. Copying blindly most behaviors of developed countries. Especially their music media.
12. Migration



look at this oooohhhh.........

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm

World Wide Military Expenditures
Country Military expenditures - dollar figure Budget Period
World $1100 billion 2004 est. [see Note 4]
Rest-of-World [all but USA] $500 billion 2004 est. [see Note 4]
United States
$623 billion FY08 budget [see Note 6]
China
$65.0 billion 2004 [see Note 1]
Russia
$50.0 billion [see Note 5]
France $45.0 billion 2005
United Kingdom $42.8 billion 2005 est.
Japan
$41.75 billion 2007
Germany $35.1 billion 2003
Italy $28.2 billion 2003
South Korea $21.1 billion 2003 est.
India
$19.0 billion 2005 est.
Saudi Arabia $18.0 billion 2005 est.
Australia $16.9 billion 2006
Turkey $12.2 billion 2003
Brazil $9.9 billion 2005 est.
Spain $9.9 billion 2003
Canada $9.8 billion 2003
Israel $9.4 billion FY06 [see Note 7]
Netherlands $9.4 billion 2004
Taiwan
$7.9 billion 2005 est.
Mexico $6.1 billion 2005 est.
Greece $5.9 billion 2004
Singapore $5.6 billion 2005
Sweden $5.5 billion 2005 est.
North Korea $5.0 billion FY02
Iran $4.3 billion 2003 est.
Pakistan $4.3 billion 2005 est.
Belgium $4.0 billion 2003
Norway $4.0 billion 2003
Chile $3.9 billion 2005 est.
Colombia $3.5 billion 2005
Poland $3.5 billion 2002
Portugal $3.5 billion 2003
South Africa $3.5 billion 2005 est.
Denmark $3.3 billion 2003
Vietnam $3.2 billion 2005
Algeria $3.0 billion 2005 est.
Kuwait $3.0 billion 2005 est. [see Note 2]
United Arab Emirates $2.7 billion 2005
Egypt $2.5 billion 2005
Malaysia $2.5 billion 2005
Switzerland $2.5 billion 2005 est.
Morocco $2.3 billion 2005 est.
Czech Republic $2.2 billion 2004
Qatar $2.2 billion 2005
Thailand $2.0 billion 2005
Angola $2.0 billion 2005 est.
Finland $1.8 billion FY98/99
Argentina $1.8 billion 2005
Venezuela $1.6 billion 2005 est.
Austria $1.5 billion FY01/02
Romania $1.5 billion 2005
Jordan $1.4 billion 2005 est.
Indonesia $1.3 billion 2004
Iraq $1.3 billion 2005 est.
Hungary $1.1 billion 2002 est.
New Zealand $1.1 billion 2005 est.
Bangladesh $1.0 billion 2005 est.
Yemen $992 million 2005 est.
Syria $858 million N/A [see Note 3]
Philippines $837 million 2005 est.
Peru $829 million 2005 est.
Nigeria $738 million 2005 est.
Ireland $700 million FY00/01
Cuba $694 million 2005 est.
Serbia and Montenegro $654 million 2002
Ecuador $650 million 2005 est.
Bahrain $628 million 2005 est.
Croatia $620 million 2004
Ukraine $618 million FY02
Sri Lanka $606 million 2003 est
Libya $590 million 2005
Sudan $587 million 2004
Lebanon $541 million 2004
Tunisia $440 million 2005
Belarus $421 million 2006
Slovakia $406 million 2002
Uruguay $371 million 2005 est.
Slovenia $370 million 2005 est.
Bulgaria $356 million FY02
Madagascar $329 million 2005 est.
Botswana $326 million 2005 est.
Azerbaijan $310 million 2005
Ethiopia $296 million 2005 est.
Brunei $291 million 2003 est.
Kenya $281 million 2005 est.
Cyprus $280 million 2005
Gabon $254 million 2005 est.
Oman $253 million 2005 est.
Cote d'Ivoire $247 million 2005 est.
Bosnia and Herzegovina $234 million FY02
Luxembourg $232 million 2003
Lithuania $231 million FY01
Cameroon $230 million 2005 est.
Kazakhstan $222 million FY02
Eritrea $220 million 2005 est.
Uganda $193 million 2005 est.
New Caledonia $192 million FY96
Dominican Republic $191 million 2005
Turkmenistan $173 million 2005
Guatemala $170 million 2005 est.
El Salvador $162 million 2005 est.
Estonia $155 million 2002 est.
Equatorial Guinea $152 million 2005 est.
Panama $150 million 2005 est.
Namibia $150 million 2005 est.
Armenia $136 million 2005
Bolivia $130 million 2005 est.
Macedonia, FYR $130 million 2005
Zimbabwe $125 million 2005 est.
Afghanistan $122 million 2005 est.
Zambia $122 million 2005 est.
Guinea $120 million 2005 est.
Senegal $117 million 2005 est.
Nepal $105 million 2005 est.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $104 million 2005 est.
Benin $101 million 2005 est.
Latvia $87 million FY01
Congo, Republic of the $85 million 2005 est.
Ghana $84 million 2005 est.
Costa Rica $83 million 2005 est.
Mozambique $78 million 2005 est.
Burkina Faso $75 million 2005 est.
Cambodia $74 million 2005
Chad $69 million 2005 est.
Liberia $67 million 2005 est.
Trinidad and Tobago $67 million 2003
Albania $57 million FY02
Uzbekistan $55 million 2005
Rwanda $54 million 2005 est.
Honduras $53 million 2005 est.
Paraguay $53 million 2003 est.
Mali $50 million FY01
Maldives $45 million 2005 est.
Malta $45 million 2005 est.
Niger $45 million 2005 est.
Burundi $44 million 2005 est.
Swaziland $42 million FY01
Lesotho $41 million 2005 est.
Burma $39 million FY97
Fiji $36 million 2004
Tajikistan $35 million FY01
Bahamas, The $32 million 2005
Nicaragua $32 million 2005 est.
Jamaica $31 million 2003 est.
Togo $30 million 2005 est.
Djibouti $29 million 2005 est.
Haiti $26 million 2003 est.
Georgia $23 million FY00
Mongolia $23 million FY02
Somalia $22 million 2005 est.
Tanzania $21 million 2005 est.
Belize $19 million 2005 est.
Kyrgyzstan $19 million FY01
Mauritania $19 million 2005 est.
Guyana $17 million 2005
Papua New Guinea $17 million 2003
Central African Republic $16 million 2005 est.
Malawi $16 million 2005 est.
Seychelles $15 million 2005 est.
Sierra Leone $14 million 2005 est.
Comoros $13 million 2005 est.
Mauritius $12 million 2005 est.
Laos $11 million 2005 est.
Guinea-Bissau $9.5 million 2005 est.
Moldova $8.7 million 2004
Bhutan $8.3 million 2005 est.
Suriname $7.5 million 2003 est.
Cape Verde $7.2 million 2005 est.
East Timor $4.4 million FY03
Bermuda $4.0 million 2001
Gambia, The $1.6 million 2005 est.
San Marino $700,000 FY00/01
Sao Tome and Principe $580,000 2005 est.
Iceland 0
Antigua and Barbuda $NA N/A
Barbados $NA N/A
Dominica $NA N/A
Falkland Islands [Islas Malvinas] $NA N/A
Faroe Islands $NA N/A
French Guiana $NA N/A
Gaza Strip $NA N/A
Grenada $NA N/A
Kiribati $NA N/A
Marshall Islands $NA N/A
Nauru $NA N/A
Palau $NA N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis $NA N/A
Saint Lucia $NA N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $NA N/A
Samoa $NA N/A
Solomon Islands $NA N/A
Tonga $NA N/A
Tuvalu $NA N/A
Vanuatu $NA N/A
West Bank $NA N/A
Western Sahara $NA N/A
SOURCE [unless otherwise noted]:
• Field Listing - Military expenditures CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- The Military expenditures dollar figure entry gives current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies.
• Field Listing - Military Expenditures CIA - The World Factbook 2006
• World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) The 28th edition of "World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers" (WMEAT), released on February 6, 2003, is the second published by the Department of State following integration with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the previous publisher. The report covers the years 1989 through 1999 -- that is, the end of the Cold War and its aftermath.
• SIPRI data on military expenditure
• IISS - The Military Balance 2006



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About this event: Blog Action Day 2008 Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

ENDING TO TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

I am working on an idea which will definitely result in the total end to poverty. This idea is developed from my 3rd objective in an NGO
I need resource assistance, contacts and networks to make this work and to be heard by most policy makers for it is the real tool.

This objective aims at motivating communities to economic drive.
The structure for this objective summarize to;
Being paid an amount of money for the services rendered on temporary bases. This system is cash but not for free. If it is developed in every sector of the developing country, it will go a long way to alleviate poverty. I am very sure about it. For more information about the actual designs and functioning contact me on TIG or needforfullpeace@gmail.com

Scenario:
A hungry man, woman, single parent, any sound person who is unemployed enters a farm or market center, or our production center, he sees the log bookman. Provide his registered ID as known to our production centre and he is allowed into the premises. Here there are many kinds of work. Farming, scrubbing, feeding, processing or packaging a farm produce, watching center (cars, cloth, carpets, etc)

The hungry young man;
Get the chance to feed the animals, watch cloths, cars or carpets or milk the cow or collect ripped vegetables in baskets and bring them to the storage facility or dry them under supervision. After finishing the number of hours spent and the amount of work done will determine a wage paid to him. He can then buy some food outside and eat. Equally he can send his money to do whatever he wants. With this kind of system we can end poverty.
This is because it includes a bigger structure where farm produce are stored and sent to wherever processing site and packaged to wherever markets through exportations or transport , washed cloths are ironed and hanged packaged for collection at a fee or sent to owners at a fee.

Here everybody can get a portion of work to do. And can be paid.
This will go a long way to reduce poverty and unemployment because there will be no body who is not employed or a worker. Most workers are temporally employed. It does not give room for laziness because everybody will want to work and earn a day meal and not beg for money or steal reducing social vices. This is because there is no idle hand for planning evil.

The break down follows shortly.

The structures
A farm
Land
Farm house
Supervisors
Registered database of unemployed in the area or community

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COMPARE WHAT SPENT ON WAR AND THAT OF PEACE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Below:

Fenced land for security International day of Peace

21 September 2006

Fact Sheet for the International Day of Peace
Costs of war and peace
Military vs. peace expenditures
• World military expenditure in 2005 reached an estimated $1.1 trillion per year. This corresponds to 2.5 percent of the world Gross Domestic Product, or an average $173 per capita. (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2006).
• The United Nations contributions for economic, social and humanitarian programmes to help the world’s poorest countries – through UNICEF, the World Food Programme, the UN Development Programme and others – amount to $10.5 billion a year. UN peacekeeping currently costs some $ 5 billion annually.
UN peacekeeping
• With 16 peacekeeping operations world-wide and more than 90,000 personnel in service, the UN spends approximately $5 billion per year on peacekeeping. This represented less than 0.5% of global military spending.
• The United Nations Security Council in August affirmed the international community’s confidence in UN peacekeeping by adopting three resolutions that could increase UN peacekeeping levels around the world by 50 percent, raising costs to $8 billion a year and the number of peacekeepers to well over 100,000. The Security Council voted to expand the UN force in Lebanon by 15,000 troops, create a new and larger mission, largely of police, in Timor-Leste and expand the UN Mission in Sudan by 17,300 troops and 5,300 police to bring stability to Darfur.
• Top 10 providers of assessed contributions to UN peacekeeping budget are (as of 1 January 2006): the United States (27%), Japan (19%), Germany (9%), the United Kingdom (7%), France (7%), Italy (5%), Canada (3%), Spain (3%), China (2%) and the Netherlands (2%).
• As of 30 June 2006, outstanding contributions to UN peacekeeping budget amounted to some $1.34 billion. Top 10 debtors were: the United States, Japan, Ukraine, China, Republic of Korea, Argentina, Belarus, France, the United Arab Emirates and Italy.
• Since 1948, more than 130 nations have contributed some 1 million military and police personnel to peace operations.
• As of 31 August 2006, 108 countries were contributing a total of some 75,000 uniformed personnel (military and police). There were also about 4,500 international civilian personnel, 1,800 UN Volunteers and more than 8,600 local civilian staff.
• Top 10 troop-contributors to UN peacekeeping operations are currently: Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Jordan, Nepal, Ghana, Uruguay Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa, providing together more than 65 percent of all UN military and police personnel. Less than 5.7 per cent came from the 25-member European Union and 0.5 per cent from the United States.
Effectiveness of UN peace operations
• Since 1945, UN peacekeepers have undertaken more than 60 field missions and participated in implementing some 170 peace settlements that have ended regional conflicts, and enabled people in more than 45 countries to participate in free and fair elections.
• UN peace operations are less expensive than other forms of international interventions. When UN costs per peacekeeper are compared to the costs of troops deployed by the US, developed states, NATO or regional organizations such as the AU, the UN is the least expensive option by far, according to a study by Washington D.C.’s Henry Stimson Center.
• A 2005 study by the US’ RAND Corporation compared different approaches to “nation-building”. The UN, it concluded, was the most suitable institutional framework for most nation-building missions, one with a comparatively low cost structure, a comparatively high success rate, and the greatest degree of international legitimacy.
• A 2005 survey by Oxford University economists found that international military intervention authorized by the UN is the most cost-effective means of reducing the risk of conflict in post-conflict societies.
• A 2005 study by the US Government Accountability Office estimated that it would cost the US about twice as much as the UN to conduct a peacekeeping operation similar to the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti — a projected $876 million compared to the UN budgeted $428 million for the first 14 months of the mission. Other comparative advantages of UN peacekeeping cited by this study included its multinational nature which provides impartiality and legitimacy; burden sharing, the development of staff members with experience in post conflict peacebuilding operations and a structure for coordinating international assistance.
The greater UN system’s work for peace
• The UN global role in the last five decades has been recognized by nine Nobel Peace Prizes. The IAEA and Director General Mohamed ElBaradei were awarded the Prize in 2005 and the UN and Secretary-General Kofi Annan were awarded the Centennial Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. The Prize went to the UN peacekeeping forces in 1988; to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in 1981; to the UN labour agency (the International Labor Organization or ILO) in 1969; to UNICEF in 1965; to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in1961; to UNHCR in 1954; and to the UN acting mediator in Palestine, J. Ralph Bunche, in 1950.
• In addition to peacekeepers, there are almost 40,000 staff members working for the UN Secretariat and related entities all over the world, and some 23,300 more working for United Nations agencies, funds and programmes such as UNICEF and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. By comparison, the city of Stockhom has some 44,000 employees and New York City, 300,000.
• Seventy per cent of the work of the UN system is devoted to helping countries build the capacity to help themselves. This includes countering disease, drugs, crime and terrorism; promoting democracy and human rights; saving children from starvation and disease; providing relief assistance to refugees and disaster victims; and assisting countries devastated by war and the long-term threat of land mines.
• Although the US is the largest financial contributor to the United Nations ($3.8 billion to be paid for 2006-7), smaller countries tend to contribute more per citizen to the UN budget. For instance, Luxembourg pays $2.44 per capita and Liechtenstein $2.09, while Germany contributes $1.51, France $1.44 and the United States $1.23.
Prepared by the UN Web Services Section, DPI, United Nations © 2006

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About this event: Blog Action Day 2008
Related to country: Ghana Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

IMAGINE, A 12YEAR OLD GIRL, CRACKING STONES WITH THE MOTHER FOR MONEY TO BUY FOOD TO EAT.

This is one of the worst forms of poverty. a girl child who should be in school and learning is cracking stones and looking for a buyer before they can get money to buy food. what if there is no buyer!!!!!!
what happens to them????? would they beg for money for food????? what if you passed by without given them anything and insulting them to work in addition!!!! what if nobody gave them food at all??????

what will they do!!!! Stealing? prostitution????? or sold into slavery for money??????

how do you feel after reading this...... i am very serious about this.. its NOT FUNNY!!! so don't even think of smiling.....

LOOK AROUND WHERE YOU ARE READING THIS!!!!!! IS IT COMPARABLE TO THIS SITUATION...????? THINK ABOUT IT


this is poverty and it is real in developing countries Like GHANA,TOGO,LIBERIA,NIGERIA,COTE D VOIRE, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE and the REST...


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