Poverty in Somalia

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The Reasons and Consequences of the Poverty in Somalia

        The eastern African nation of Somalia is the sixth poorest country in the world.   Approximately, 43% of Somalia's population lives below the poverty line and or on less than $1 per day. The reason why people are extremely poor is because of frequent famine and droughts, the unfavorable climatic condition, political crisis, civil conflicts, the lack of a fully functioning central government and inadequate literacy.  To solve this problem, targets should be eradicating poverty and hunger which is Millennium Development Goals 1, improving health and education.

       There are many reasons why this extreme poverty has begun in Somalia.  One of them is frequent famine and drought.  As mentioned in the text called Rural Poverty in Somalia by IFAD, Somalia does not possess abundant resources and depends on agriculture to sustain its economy.  However, agriculture is not enough to sustain its economy because drought allows them to use just a little bit area in the country, where the abundant agriculture lands exist. Also, Livestock is a remarkable source of income but over the last decade Saudi Arabia has imposed several bans for livestock because of diseases and they put the majority of animals grazing lands to feed them healthy.  This serious problem affects both consumers and producers negatively.  It reduces the productivity of producers and the health of consumers.

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           Infant, child and maternal mortality rates in Somalia are among the highest in the world.  Many diseases such as AIDS/HIV, malaria, diarrhea exist in the country and cause a different disaster every day.  The reason why diseases exist in Somalia is the lack of health clinics, pure water, condoms and mosquitoes. As known, mosquitoes carry malaria and infect humans. This is why they need mosquito nets but they are not able to get these due to poverty.   One of the hardest things in Somalia is to find water, especially pure water.  Because of drought, ...

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