Why Does Poverty Persist?: A Look at International Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

In 2011, the World Bank (2013) supported funds equivalent to $ 54 per capita in sub-Saharan Africa. But the question is whether 914 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are equally benefiting. Despite regional and international support to combat poverty over the past 60 years, about 442 million people, half of sub-Saharan Africa are still living on less than $ 25 a day (World Bank, 2013). The effectiveness of international aid in poverty reduction has been questioned in many public and academic forums but in many so-called developed countries such as the G8, it remains to provide more aid while reducing development It is recommended.

In sub-Saharan Africa, 42% of the population lives below $ 1.90, which is the international route to the World Bank's extreme poverty. People experiencing poverty to this extent often feel that they lack control of their own results and the environment. As 42% of sub-Saharan Africa lives in extreme poverty, billions of people may not have much knowledge of potential potential. In addition, the World Health Organization discovered that rural households are three times more likely to stay away from safe water. In developing countries, long-distance water is almost always applied on the shoulders of young girls and women; travelers are vulnerable to these daily travel attacks, and the time when girls are invested often quits girls from school It leads to that.

Currently in sub-Saharan Africa, children under 5 died of AIDS and starvation every 5 seconds, and more than 90% suffered from chronic malnutrition. (World Health Organization) If measles vaccine price is less than 1 dollar, measles will take the life of the boy almost every minute. (WHO, World Health Organization) "Things are progressing in the wrong direction," Marc Cohen (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington) said. "If we consider the sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, all predictions show that poverty and hunger will deteriorate."

In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women are lagging behind the response of HIV / AIDS. Girls account for 75% of all new adolescent infections, and AIDS is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Girls and women are under the influence of socioeconomic and structural factors including poverty, gender inequality, lack of access to education, and sexual violence, they increase the risk of infection and maintain HIV It reduces the ability to do. Women and girls that disturb you will be subject to sexual violence throughout their lives. Through the President's AIDS Relief Program (PEPFAR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that even 1 sub-Saharan African countries had one girl in sexual violence. High, reaching nearly a third of girls