by Wong Weiling

Created on: October 01, 2008

Since most governments are formed under the democracy system, I strongly agree that governments have the political will needed to eradicate poverty.

A fact that we could not deny is no matter how advanced and rich a country is, poverty will still present in some of the places. The poor might not even have the ability to buy themselves a proper meal and forced to live with starvation. In this kind of situation, governments will be the one to come out with plans and subsidies to help the poor.

The Ministry of Finance as well as the welfare unit will play their crucial role in assisting them to have a less torturing life. For example, when a family is forced to live in poverty because the parents are sacked by their companies and they could not find themselves a job in this challenging world economic situation, they might have to go for the governments. In Singapore, a job exhibition will often be held in collaboration of the governments and private sectors to give the employers and job-finders a channel to achieve their aims. A company can find suitable workers to fill certain vacancies through interview session on the spot, meanwhile job-finders might find themselves a satisfying career. Hence, the rate of jobless people in that country can be minimised and indirectly refrains poverty to continue.

Next, most governments definitely have the political will to end poverty. This is because when the rate of poverty in a country is extremely high, it does not only affect the country's economy stand but also the image of the country. Besides, many problems will arise when the difference between the rich and the poor is large. For example, the rich may just buy a set of McDonald's, but they can just throw it away after they remember that they are on diet. Whereas the poor might not even have the ability to buy a slice of white bread. Therefore, most governments have the determination to end poverty because this shows that how the leaders use wisdom and intelligence to upgrade weak aspects of the country. People from all over the world are watching how politicians use critical thinking skills to eradicate poverty in order to allow people to lead a more enjoyable life. This is especially true during an election because people will show their to you by voting for you due to your ability to end poverty.

Since corruption is one of the reasons that brought to the presence of poverty, many governments have carried out various measures to face corruption. Anti-Corruption Authority(ACA) has been set up by Malaysia to investigate any report regarding corruption so that government officers will always follow the laws. This is a crucial step because when rate of corruption is decreased, any plan to end poverty can be carried out effectively.

In conclusion, we should not think that governments do not have political will to eradicate poverty when they have such a strong determination to end poverty. However, if cooperation does not exists between the governments and the people, it is impossible that poverty can be ended one day. Therefore, we as parts of the world should play our individual role as well as work as a team to end poverty.

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