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The causes of poverty are manifold. War, disease, famine and unemployment being the big players. What steps can then be taken towards addressing the massive social issue of global poverty that hasafflicted humanity for centuries?

Employment generation
Carefully and extensively planned employment programs funded by the government can spur growth in jobs. Industries requiring substantiallabour forces can also be given significantly larger aid from the government. Focus should be placed on developing companies that offer sustainable and long-term jobs to the community. Companies shouldalso budget sufficiently for employee training and related community programs, so that employees and prospective employees can keep their skills relevant and up-to-date.

Drawing on various socialinstitutions to fund poverty fighting programs e.g. charities, research institutions, U.N. , non-profit organizations, universities.

Transparency in government spending
Where and how a governmentchooses to spend taxpayers’ money and its own revenue should be visible to the media and the common man. This makes governments accountable for their actions and inaction becomes easier to pinpoint andaddress. It also discourages corruption in government systems.


Prioritizing programs that target fundamental human rights
Every individual should have access to housing, food, clean water,healthcare and electricity. Technically governments should only move on to other projects after they have made sure that programs that provide these basic amenities to their people are up and running.Taxing the rich more and the poor less
Redistribution of wealth will be an imperative step in eradicating poverty. The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. Taxing methods need to be tailored toan individual’s financial bracket to ensure that upward social mobility becomes an absolute possibility.

Education
Education provides training to tomorrow’s workforce and thus fortifies the...