Fragile States Essay

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Most fragile states are vulnerable and delegate to natural disasters because they do not have a properly run government to prepare prior to a natural disaster. Government cannot provide safe aids such as using sand bags to stop a flood from reaching towns and even worse, citizens cannot relocate to a safer area because they do not have a mode of transportation. Additionally, government is unable to respond after a natural disaster has hit, leaving civilians helpless with no shelter, food, or aid. This is when fragile states rely heavily on volunteers and aid from other countries to reconstruct and survive. Although responding to a natural disaster is not an issue fragile states encounter every day, it is still an component which shows insufficient …show more content…
With poverty comes violence, and violence leads to the failure for justice to prevail in corrupted or overthrown governments. Another prominent variable which seems to be the root problem in failing states is the absence of economic growth and a substantial amount of poverty. To put emphasis on iteration, if there is poverty, there will be more crime and corruption. Citizens of poverty states must find a way to survive, and citizens as well as government officials will do so by breaking the law and cutting corners. From the United Nations full study report, Improving ODA allocation for a post-2015 world, about “96% of people living in extreme poverty live in countries that are either politically fragile, environmental vulnerable, or both” (Improving ODA allocation for a post-2015 world). Also, according to the full study report from the United Nations, individuals living in extreme poverty from 1990 to 2015 were living off of less than $1.25 a day, making a total of $456.25 a year. Living off $1.25 shows that individuals do not even have basic necessities to live off of, let alone be able to provide for their family members. Not only do individuals living in fragile states face harmful conditions themselves, but fragile states also create macro affects to their