The Bottom Billion: Post One

The poorest countries in the world coexist with the 21st century but they live in a reality that is more like the 14th century because of all the civil wars, sickness and ignorance. Right now around 5 billion people are reasonably wealthy and live in developed countries as opposed to 100 years ago when 1 billion people were rich and 5 billion people were living in poverty. The billion poorest people in this world are living in awful conditions and dying while we live in a 21st century world of material comfort. Being so well off in this world I think that we should be much more aware of the poverty some people face everyday. The least developed countries that are concentrated in Africa and Central Asia, can probably easily be brought into the 21st century, it might take some time, but everyone deserves to live like we do. Many organisations that provide aid for poor countries are focusing on countries that already have the means to become developed. They are sending their best people to Brazil and China when the countries that actually need the most aid are places like Chad and Laos. The problems of these countries usually lie with the government, usually that they are not run by competent people or their leaders are actual psychopaths. So if they want to become a developed country they will need to change their government to something much more effective,