instead it went to countries that are already rich.Cash cropsThe only way for many LDCs to make enough money for their debts is to grow cash crops. Cash crops are grown to be sold rather than consumption. Cotton, Coffee, tea and tobacco are grown to sell to the developed world. Many people in LDCs are starving because land is used to grown cash crops instead of food.World poverty concerns us all as we depend on each other. For example, if we want the Sudanese to grow cotton for our clothes, we must make sure they have enough food to survive on.The causes of poverty in the modern worldHere are three new and worrying causes of poverty:h The World markets work in favour of the rich and powerful. Therefore, the profits are not shared equally. This causes homelessness and unemployment in rich countries and the poor countries can not develop their economies properly and they are kept in povertyh Since the Second World War, the world has been divided into two sections with capitalist countries on one hand and communist on the other. This has led to four things: The attention of world leaders has been focussed on the Cold War instead of the problem of world poverty Large amounts of money have been spent on weapons which could have been used to relieve poverty The rich countries have given aid to the poor countries just to get them on their side in the Cold War and not to help them (they did this by supplying them with weapons) When wars have happened there has been an increase in the number of refugees, which adds to all the other problems. War has caused famine too.h There have been problems with the increase and decrease of population. Sometimes, the methods to deal with these have been brutal and wrong. They have taken away peoples rights and forced people to use methods of birth control which the Church can not accept.Other factors contributing to world povertyThese other factors contribute to world poverty: lack of education, low life exp...
