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Thursday, 29 September 2016

UNEMPLOYMENT

If infrastructure is sea then employment is the ship that sails upon it. Employment is widely regarded as economy's major concern, because public satisfaction and Human development is directly related to employment, THE MORE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THE MORE THE HAPPINESS. Unemployment is not only problematic for the third world but rather 1st world also has to make sure there is job security. USA has to add hundreds of thousands of jobs every year to not only maintain their economy but those who fall out after college can earn reasonably and do not face any perils in life. If a strained economy does not add the required number of job every year, there are disastrous consequences of the economy becoming inundated with growing numbers of demoralised and unemployed young people. The main reason this issue is by far too great in the third world is because of lack of infrastructure and the economic activity in the country. And one must thoroughly understand that Education's importance lies in every aspect of Macroeconomics. Education would realise the workers value or the workers doom to poverty.  Secondly, the reason why the poor countries are unable to cope up with their increase in workers is miserable state of innovation. It is an important driver of high value jobs, directly through technological products and indirectly through the development cycle that once starts to run develops every sector of the state. Countries focus on research and development specialists to incur vital changes in an economy so to accomplish this the officials should be groomed properly and under right circumstances.

Solution:
Singapore is very well known to jump from an under developed sector to developed sector in 30 short years. Their foremost initiatives were plain and simple, the government expenditure for education department increased tremendously. They implemented a policy, the students who were excelling were given scholarships and sent to either Singapore national university or even overseas. Others were given technical courses to be efficient and effective which created one of the top Workforces in the world. Hence their conjugation of education and employment produced wonders for the economy so there is little to be imagined as the process is quite simple. Only sincerity is the cup of coffee hard to earn.

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

WATER AND SANITATION

For many clean water is a dream come true, the harsh and ignored reality is people are deprived of clean water. The ever increasing population of the world poses threat to provision of clean water and sanitation. Open defecation is especially common in the second biggest populated country in the world and unhygienic water is the root threat and a road way to viruses as well as life threatening illnesses. Many children becoming a victim of death due to contaminated water and in some cases unavailability of water demonstrates inadequate municipal water supply and sanitation leading to deteriorating health standards. With urban water demand and industrial demand increasing by 95% between 2001 to 2025 in South Asia because of increases in population, falling Water flows and erosion in storage capacities, which shows much work needs to be done. Sanitation is altogether absent in many rural cities with people using the sides of the roads and green spaces as toilets a common sight, with hardly any toilet facilities available for men and far fewer for women.

Solution:
Policy makers must realize that managing the affairs through central government at both federal and state level will not improve the quality of an average citizen. Specific targets should be formulated to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for all, to end open defecation, with special heed given to the needs of women and girls, as well as to improve the quality of water by reducing pollution and minimizing the release of waste chemicals etc. Serious efforts are needed to ensure water efficiency across all sectors and to reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity through the participation of local communities. The head of state must regularly bring up this issue foremost in meetings and must view progress. Those policy makers who are reluctant to allow those at the grass roots formulate policies must instantly be reviewed on competency.
Government must be held accountable so that officers work on their utmost efficiency and effectiveness.

Sunday, 25 September 2016

WOMEN RIGHTS

Every religion in the world stresses the people to regard a woman as an equal and that both genders should regard each other with equal respect and dignity. The MUSLIM countries in the world are especially the ones who have ripped off the rights of women, the promises are not honored and men feel supremacists. In the past few decades, they signed covenants with UN, only to fall far short when it comes to implementation or amending local laws to bring them in conformity with international standards. The women in American senate are only mere 19 whereas males occupy 81 seats. So we see the world is trying to equalize the women in society and very little number of them have truly succeeded in their duty. According to the WEF Gender Gap index there is no wonder that South Asia, Africa and South America occupy this lists bottom. Women are a target of 'honor' killings in poor countries and the killers seem to escape justice, some cases reach the media headlines and it is due to the brutality or the identity of the victim. When women report a case, they are given little attention and insurmountable challenges. Additionally, given that the right to life is the most basic and fundamental human right, a high number of mothers continue to be denied this right as maternal mortality rates showed an increase in 2015 in poor countries. Rural areas has a further impact on the low status of women, making them even more vulnerable to exploitation and violence.

Solution:
Women are as important members of society as men. They need to be developed into proper playing part of the nation. So again the lawmakers must ensure that the women are not deprived off their rights. Not only this but women must stay strong and united as they had when they wanted their part in election (right to vote and then in parliament etc) or whenever they fought for themselves in the past. Education plays the most essential role in the growth of a person and so, the more the educated women in our society the more they will be respected. To end with the quote 'Behind every successful man is a WOMAN'; Very true indeed.

Saturday, 24 September 2016

HEALTH CARE

Health Care System is designed beautifully in the FIRST WORLD and the system is relatively equally disappointing in the developing and under developed world. Health care is defined as the quality and timeliness of treatment. Not only that but the government's additional support for the poor and emergency patients. The severe health issues can be attributed to poverty, and compounded by social exclusion and discrimination. A study of UNICEF showed that the bottom most countries in infant and neonatal mortality have a staggering 44% of children stunted and are not given the proper health attention. Pneumonia killed approximately 92000 children in annually. These deaths are avoidable because the treatment is available but not reached to those in need. Mortality rates are considered proxy for the level of social development and the countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan have one of the highest mortality rates in the world.

Solution:
A thorough research of the health care system is required to accommodate the patients. Without national consensus the state owned health sector will continue to suffer. With no universal medical care, overhauling the health sector not only requires that health be put at the top of the political priority list, but increased funding, efficient cross sector linkages and medical training are also imperative. The UN supports the health care systems in the world to end epidemics mainly AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases. They also aim to achieve universe health coverage and provide access to medicines and vaccines for all. To prevent the curable diseases hunting lives down, the government is required to increased their budgetary spending on health. Only 1.5 to 4% of GDP is spent in developing countries whereas in the developed world more than 7% on average is spent on health even though they have such high Gross Domestic products.

Friday, 23 September 2016

POVERTY

 Poverty is the base of every crisis. When poverty develops, it is not only restricted to lack of money but the problems that come thereafter due to lack of money. UN describes poverty as whoever lives under $1.25 a day is poor. This is international standard and according to this low income countries suffer with multidimensional poverty at around '30%' of total population or even more. Countries who try to escape criticism often produce their own irrational standards for poverty. A study of Millennium development goals by UN stated that even with a 'plan' the number of people living under poverty increased in 30 countries. The research group, Development Initiatives has noted that the goal of ENDING poverty by 2030 in South Asia will prove more challenging than halving poverty globally. The political instability enforces the poor to suffer and not only that but incapacitate the organisations especially the NPO ones thus causing them to be defunct.

Solution:
First of all a serious and strong commitment is required of the respective nations to eradicate poverty. Unanimous approval on long term solutions and policies is urgently required. Secondly absolutely no leeway must be acceptable to adjust the poverty definitions and furthermore implementing social protection system for all. Ensuring equal rights to economic resources for everybody and providing proper protectionism of the poor in case of CLIMATE CHANGES. UN brings out sustainable development goals for countries which draws out the whole plan on how to deal with and end this problem in a particular time period, so this is one of the solution. Lastly employment would certainly bring about the change. The manifesto that needs to be understood and worked upon is quite large and needs immediate action. 

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

HUNGER



 Hunger has been the biggest issue in the past and a very dangerous one. When a famine hits some place, the destruction of human life is massive and hordes of people die. UN's Food and Agriculture organisation defines hunger as the daily consumption of fewer than 1800 kcal by an individual. Hunger is caused by several reasons such as shortage of food or increase in population inordinately which links back to shortage of food again. In 2015 $1900 billion were spent on arms and ammunition whereas only $190 billion is required to eradicate world hunger. When the priorities are overlooked for selfish reasons, the general public has to suffer. Poor countries such as In Africa and Asia majorly are unable to meet their consumption demands and their defense budgets are over the moon. We again come to the root cause that illiteracy has a much bigger role in this play. 45% of children deaths in South Asia is due to malnutrition and this percentage increases in Africa. As I have aforementioned the vast majority of Hunger stricken people live in developing countries and 12.9% are undernourished. Hunger and poverty are correlated and I will discuss the latter in next article. Hunger destabilizes the economy and the improvement in this sector is sought by every poor country so as to survive and then prosper.

Solution:
Hunger has plain solutions that a child is taught since forever but difficult to implement. The current predicament is due to neglect and corruption and then lack of knowledge. UN had started a program called FAO(Food and Agriculture organization) and it constantly is planing to improve agriculture to supply enough food to feed at the very least the producers own country. Investment is direly needed in public services such as access to portable water, sanitation and preventive and curative health care. Climate is a great factor influencing hunger indirectly, climate changes affect agricultural output. This must be reduced though no permanent solution is present to tackle climate challenge. The governments of different countries must find an efficient and effective solution to this and not ignore it because every life MATTERS.

Friday, 16 September 2016

MIGRATION CRISIS

Subject: Syrians, Iraqis and the European Union.
The Migration Crisis that started haunting the world last year has disrupted Europe's system. The concern of Europe is too big as Germany has hosted around 750,000 migrants. The migration problem started 5 years back when in Iraq Saddam Hussain's government was reigning. Then after the hanging of Saddam, ISIS overtook Iraq and since then more than 9000 people have been killed due to which people started fleeing their country. The Syrian emigration started when Bashar al Assad refused to give up his regime and the Rebels resorted to hardcore measures. Russia the ally of Bashar Al Assad immediately came to aid whereas US supporting the rebels provided aid to them. This caused a WAR to erupt in Syria and after much patience and tolerance people couldn't survive in the war torn country and finally decided to flee. The war killed 250,000 people and finally on 12th of September 2016 the US and Russia had a deal on finally cooperating together. Turkey is also the part of war as their enemy is the Kurdish. The migrants mainly entered through Macedonia and Greece. Turkey hosted most migrants which was a staggering 1.7m though they also returned many. Several thousand migrants were drowned in their pursuit for a better life. This migration mainly consisted of Syrians and then Iraqis. Pakistanis and various other nationals also were present. This migration crisis has led many European countries to take strict measures as many countries have weak economies. European Union is in utter danger because of Greece defaulting their Debt and England pulling themselves out of the EU through Brexit vote.

Solution: This issue has caused many brains of different countries to form a think tank and bring out the permanent solution. Most Syrians are educated though not up to the mark but have basic education so their training would certainly bring out the best of them and the workforce which the Europe is lacking would be at their disposal. Recently German chancellor Merkel has concluded a meeting with top German companies to cooperate and help hire the Syrians so that they can earn and start supporting their economy. This would be a long term solution and Germany would inevitably grow fast. Germany has also faced this issue in the past when East and West Germany merged. Whereas other hosting countries are concerned, they are unable to develop a plan up till now. Turkey faced a coup attempt so it will take time for them to stabilize. Spain is also debt ridden country so it will take time for them to stabilize as well. USA has mere 20000 refugees and they are handling it well and their economy is also not hindered by such a mere number. I hope Syria and Iraq stabilize soon so that people can live in their home country.

Thursday, 15 September 2016

INTRODUCTION

Hey Guys,
This is my first post. I have just started to blog.
This blog is based on the idea of knowledge sharing. I love to learn more and thus share more so that people are aware of the things happening either in their surroundings or on a large scale such as the WHOLE WORLD. So from today onwards I will be posting different kinds of crisis going on in the world at the moment and their solutions. You are allowed to post your opinions on the matter and please refrain from hatred comments. If I mistakenly put forward a wrong fact so please point out so that I can make amendments accordingly and I hope my intentions are conveyed to you appropriately.
Regards,
Najam