Monday, November 8, 2010

3 Solutions

There are many possible solutions to the poverty in the Republic of Congo.

     One effort to solve the poverty problem in The Republic of Congo is Agricultural Subsidies.  This is when the governments of weathly countries pay the farmers of large farms to produce crops.  Agricultural subsides can be seen as good and bad.  They are ment to help the wealthy countries control what is being exported and imported.  For example, the wealthy governments could pay the farmers to not cultivate certain crops.

     One of the contributing factors to The Republic of Congo's poverty is the fact that most of the crops that are produced in the country are exported.  The way to fix this problem is to make sure that the poor people of the country get a chance to buy the crops.  Right now, the majority of the crops are being grown just for export which does not allow for the poor people to have a chance to get food. 
     Another solution is microfinance.  Poor people are borrowing microfinance organizations rather than other loan companies.  It can be argued that most of the loan is being used for consumtion instead of investment, but the loans are helping the people provide for themselves and their families so that they can have food to eat.
     http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/ethics_online/0026.html
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  1. ConnorDecember 5, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    I agree that the poor people of Congo must have the chance to purchase the crops grown in Congo. The Government needs to make the people of Congo first priority. I also agree that microfinance is a possible solution, because microfinance helps destroy poverty through loans. As long as the loans can eventually be paid off, microfinancing is a good idea for poor families. Agricultural subsidies could be helpful, but could also be harmful. The potential problem is that wealthy countries may take advantage of Congo by not paying as much as it should for the crops. If Congo farmers are getting paid what they deserve for their crops, then Agricultural subidies are a great idea for a solution to the poverty of Congo.

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  2. MeganJanuary 4, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    The idea that agricultural subsidies will in turn help Africa's poverty, is, in my opinion, not completely true. It is true that the government could pay others not to grow certain crops so that Africans could sell more of their crops, but later in the "solutions blog," you said that Africa is exporting most of their prodcts. So there aren't many more exports that they could put out ot make more money. Also, the restrictions on other countries exports could hurt that cuntries economy. So, these subsidies could be a never ending cycle of poverty for various countries.

    Sources:
    http://www.globalenvision.org/library/6/1521

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