Poverty, Human Rights and Globalization 2

POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBALIZATION
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Introduction
Over the past decades, a number of concerns have been debated on owing to slow economic growth, for instance, in Africa. A number of developmental issues have faced African continent in the 21st century such as increasing poverty and human rights concerns. Development in Africa has lagged behind other regions of the world such as the western world. For instance, according to World Bank statistics, Africa per capita GDP growth has remained low over the past decades owing to increasing poverty in the region. Africa represents 10 percent of the world population and 30 percent of the world poor. Research shows that after independence, the total number of poor people in Africa has been increasing, and there are chances of this number increasing by 2015. Out of the five continents, it is only Africa where poverty has increased at an alarming rate thereby attracting debate as to the factors owing to the rise in poverty (Stiglits, 2003). The other concern that needs to be addressed is human rights issues affecting Africa. Norms in Africa over the years have not been applied to improve human rights conditions. All individuals have rights such as rights to own property, right to worship, right to equal employment and right to equal share of country`s resources. Most of these rights have been violated in Africa, therefore, demanding interventions (Ajayi, 2000a). This paper, therefore, discusses global poverty and human rights as critical for promoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of the people to address development issues. This paper, therefore, discusses the impacts of globalization on poverty reduction and on human rights. It, therefore, gives a clear linkage between poverty, human rights and globalization.
Ajayi, S. (2000a). What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization? Finance and Development journal Vol, 38(4), 2000), pp.6...