The Unfortunate Outcomes of Poverty

This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Hana Taher, an enthusiastic and a workaholic third year medical student. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one.

Poverty as statement lies under certain categories to be accurately described; while being easily evaluated subjectively whether correctly or wrongly as a definition in unfathomable ways. We as people have experienced the effect of economic crisis at least slightly in some way or another. At least some of us did, even if it was for a limited period of time. Whether through the decrease in spendings or to say the least try to save up. 

          To dive deep into the situation, we must be well-informed about it and to be well aware that the problem lies within the consequences rather than the problem itself. To elaborate, for instance, regimes as identities seize those periods of crisis by curtailing financial support to medical fields and education. The lessening of governmental aid is not restricted to the prior mentioned sectors; but also, it affects the wages of mostly the middle and low class. Paving the way for their entrapment into the viscous loop of hindrance, which led to more suffering and more increase in poverty.

(Emanuele Baldacci, 2002)

             Another example, is the famous Mexican 1994 economic crisis. Surprisingly, despite having lesser rates of poverty; the crisis toke its toll on the urban significantly more than on rural areas. This is attributed to unemployment that has spiked in the urban and the almost complete independence of rural areas from the global economy. Since, they mostly depend on self-depended resources rather than working in formal sectors to fulfill their needs.

(Emanuele Baldacci, 2002)

             Furthermore, we can not turn a blind eye to the icing on the cake which is child labor. Another saddening fact that can be added to the sequel. According to the International Labor Organization(ILO) evaluation, about 250 million children in developing countries work. Overwhelmingly, to mention that about 120 million of them are full-time laborers. Interestingly, children are seen as a cheaper form of laborer which can be easily exploited to the pleasing of the business owners. Which is purely a merciless disregarding of the complications that can happen to these children whether it is to their physical or mental health or worst case scenario death. 

(Zahid Naeem, 2011), (Amir Radfar, 2018)

             In the end, poverty is an inevitable phenomenon that needs to be eradicated lest it dig an irreversible hole that cannot be undone. 

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/06/baldacci.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533357/

About the author

This is Hana who is an enthusiastic and a workaholic third year medical student. Despite, her endless love for medicine, her identity does not revolve only around it. For example, she has a passion for writing and she has wrote couple of articles in her university’s magazine; two of them got released, rest are still in the process. Fun fact, Hana loves Turkish shows and she actually taught herself Turkish mostly by watching shows. She is not fluent; however she knows how to speak the language, write and read a little bit.