15 Poverty Discourse
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The document discusses different perspectives on poverty and proposes that people are not inherently poor but are made poor due to faults in existing systems. It argues that poverty is a result of lack of education, awareness, and proper leadership. It calls for reforms to systems and leadership with visions for nation building to empower people and utilize a country's potential for development.
15 Poverty Discourse
- 1. ARE WE REALLY POOR OR IMPOSED POOR? Raj Kumar Pandey General Setting and Historical Background Material Perceived View of the Poverty Emotionally Perceived View of the Poverty Socially Perceived View of the Poverty Psychologically Perceived View of the Poverty Economically Perceived View of the Poverty Identification of the Poverty (1948 December)
- 2. WHICH POOR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? The World Bank’s Poor? US $ 1 or 2 Concept The UNDP’s Poor? Human Development Indicator The UNICEF’s Poor? Status of Women and Children The ILO’s Poor? Status of Labor, Women, Children The UNESCO’s Poor? Status of Heritage/Culture The WHO’s Poor? Status of Health and HIV/AIDS The FAO’s Poor? Calories Intake (2114- ?) The UNFPA’s Poor? Population, WFP\Food, UNEP/Env
- 3. WILL YOU ACCEPT MY-SYSTEM APPROACH? Poor are not poor but were made poor; they have got voices but made suppressed; they have energy but being exploited; all victimized people are poor and all poor are victims of the system fault. Poverty does not come by birth, it is an acquired situation. The circumstances in a nation are the major factors where people can flourish or deteriorate.
- 4. SYSTEM APPROACH? WILL YOU ACCEPT ME? Poor are product of difficult circumstances; the circumstances are the products of fault systems; the fault systems are the products of wrong men in decision making; wrong men in leadership are the products of poor people’s votes; poor people made wrong decision in selecting ‘ the best among the worst leaders ’’ and gave them consent for ruling over themselves which is product of low level of awareness about civic rights.
- 5. YOU ARE A VICTIM OF SYSTEM FAULT: NOT POOR ! Low level of awareness is the product of lack of good education because education makes people easy to lead but difficult to enslave. The education, under colonized developing countries, does not emphasize in identifying inner potentiality rather it produces exact photocopies after going through memorization based courses. The lack of proper education, eventually, is the result of fault in the existing systems.
- 6. WHAT DIFFERENCE WE NEED AT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ? The difference is the attitude of the people, framed along the years by the education and the culture. On analyzing the behavior of the people in developed countries, we find that the great majority follow the following principles in their lives: Integrity Responsibility Respect to the laws and rules and rights of other Work loving Strive for saving and investment Will of super action
- 7. WHAT WE NEED AT NATIONAL LEVEL ? DECONSTRUCTION? Leadership with the nation building visions All political parties’ shared visions and goals Empowered ‘public watch dog’ group Readiness for change among all stakeholders Conclusion: System Reform with Good Leadership are main factor for development of Japan and 4 tigers Right Now ! Let’s visualize, only talk about potentiality You give me hope …I give you alternatives !
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