Gorbachev: “Poverty Is a Political Problemâ€
Mikhail Gorbachev; the last president of the Soviet Union writing for the Global Agenda magazine says:
Poverty is a political problem, says Mikhail Gorbachev. There will be no development until we face up to its true causes – in Russia as much as in the developing world…….The new century has already provided much proof that – although we have entered a new, global era – we still live by old habits and outdated methods. The wave of hope that swept the world when we ended the Cold War has been replaced for many by disenchantment and despair. Global security and environmental crisis are both pressing problems of our age, yet poverty is also one of the defining challenges of this century.
Well, I agree with Mr. Gorbachev that both hunger and starvation in the developing world is not due to lack of resources but a lack of political will caused by a moral decay in the rich nations. No one should sleep hungry in the world today!
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