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Today’s world has been
divided into developing and industrialised countries which the
main difference between them is the amount of money that governments apply in
important sectors such as education, health and commerce. Most of the poorer
nations are buried in debts as a result of their unbalanced finances which are reflectin a failed health
care, an unstructured education system and a weak international trade. This
vicious cycle will continue indefinitely unless wealthier nations show interest
in minimizing the worldwide economic differences, as well as taking more
responsibility for assisting less fortunate countries.
Most of
the African countries live in sub-human conditions because of the extreme
poverty, upheaval, hunger, disease, unemployment, lack of education and both
inexperienced and corrupt administrations. The devastating consequences of the
AIDS epidemic in those countries could improve if the infected population were
to receive free drugs to control the disease, have access to health
professionals and get information on how to prevent its spread. But this can
only be achieved through international help programs in which leaders of the
world’s richest countries donate medicine and also send doctors and nurses to
treat and educate those in need.
Moreover, most of
the poor countries rely on selling agricultural products and raw materials to
rich nations and buying industrialized products from them resulting in a huge financial deficit.
Consequently, they borrow a significant amount of money from the World Bank to
try to improve their broken economies, but sometimes the money disappears with
no significant changes and they cannot even pay the interest to the bank.
Regarding this issue, last year the G8, which is comprised of leaders of the
eight richest nations, decided to forgive billions of dollars worth of debt
owed by the world’s poorest nations. In addition, they developed adequate loan
programs to financially assist those countries.
In conclusion,
leaders of the industrialised countries play an indispensable role
in assisting developing nations in dealing with essential areas such as health,
education and trade. Also, their aid is the key to breaking the vicious cycle,
which results in poverty and death.
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