Improvements
in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer
nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more
responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas.
To what
extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
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| Ielts essay - Should rich nations help poor nations |
The progress of any country
is gauged on three scales; health, education and trade, and these areas are the
ones, where the developing countries are found lacking necessary resources and
critical expertise. This has encouraged some eminent economists to suggest that
elite nations must assist the poor countries in getting over these hurdles.
The assistance rendered to
the poorer countries by the rich nations would lead to an upheaval of poverty
stricken people – living in sub-human conditions – of the developing and
underdeveloped countries. The aid extended in form or money and expertise could
play a pivotal role in the inducing massive improvements in currently
non-existent health services, poor educational facilities and lack of employment
opportunities. This would in turn help in reducing the disparity at the global
level and truly nurture the spirit of brotherhood and harmony between various
countries.
Furthermore, although some
may consider indirect benefits as irrelevant, international assistance would
surely help the world community in curbing certain crimes, like human
trafficking and high seas piracy – these crimes generally originate from
underdeveloped countries. The economic benefits accruing from such initiatives could
be of a greater magnitude – both for rich and poor countries; as one hand, the
inhabitants would be able to improve their professional and vocational skills,
on the other, the developed world could reap advantages of accessing adequately
educated and healthy workforce.
However, this kind of
international aid schemes have many a times proved futile and deepened the
crisis further in many poor nations; as the funds granted for development are often
channelized into wrong hands; and end up filling the coffers of corrupt
politicians and opportunists.
To conclude, I feel that rich
countries helping economically backward nations, is a practical solution for reducing
the gap between the rich and the poor.
