wever. These statistics are not including the amount of money spent by affluent nations on military protection for the poorer, weaker nations. The amount spent by the US on such protection would significantly increase the percentage given.The distribution of aid to poor nations would increase the problem by decreasing death rates and increasing birth rates. The theory of a "demographic transition" is simply a theory. There are theories that state that once new medical and agricultural technology are introduced the population will skyrocket. Poor nations average a 2.5 percent increase in population per year, while rich nations average a 0.8 percent increase. If the poor nations' growth rate got larger, the amount of aid needed to solve their problems would be even more unattainable. This problem will continue to be a topic of debate until there are no poor nations, which most likely will be never. The theory of Lifeboat Ethics will always be applicable to the problem....
