Is technology the key to alleviating world poverty? 11 Articles

by Dermot Mccabe

The instruments for alleviating world poverty are and always have been based on technology. Whether societies are interested in deploying these instruments is entirely a different and much more complex question. The Romans...read more

by Rich Rivers

As technology advances, so does the kind of life everybody trudges everyday. The rich becomes richer and the poor although could not afford the expensive technology are somewhat being eased the burden they are suffering. ...read more

by Sarah M. Trimmer

The divide between those that have and those who do not is glaringly evident in today's modern world and consequently brought to the global communities attention through technology. Poverty is an issue that is far reaching...read more

by Marc Phillippe Babineau

There will always be the have's, the have not's, and the Warren Buffets in this world as long as we rely on a monetary system. As long as people need money in order to receive goods, then there will always be poverty and ...read more

by Brenda Lachman

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century without knowing how to read or write, one would think that with the technology available today there would be less illiteracy or poverty in the world. According to the Globa...read more

by Mavis Kunjappu

Poverty, which is commonly perceived in terms of population living under a certain income threshold, has many faces. As described by the World Bank, poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and...read more

by Shawn Bailey

The US Office of Management and Budget may define poverty as a certain monetary threshold, but a more qualitative measure is quality of life. There are many levels of poverty, from the blue-collar parents with four kids w...read more

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by William Cobbs

WORLD POVERTY has always existed, even, I suspect, back in caveman times. And as the world population increases exponentially the problem increases. Technology then actually through longer lives and permitting larger f...read more

by Katie Rice

It depends: technology is one tool which may be used to make a positive impact, but in the absence of other changes, technology alone will not alleviate poverty. One Laptop Per Child (http://laptopfoundation.or g/index.sht...read more