Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic Inequality Benefits the West

The piece done by Daina Stukuls Eglitis really points out the global wealth cap and how it is still very massive in size and growing. It shows the rich getting rich, and the poor countries remain in poverty with little ways to pull themselves out. It comes out to say that the previous administration had been making little progress on the task to close the gap between rich and poor nations, but since of 2002 when new administration was brought in, it seems that they may be focused on war too much instead of development. I feel the reading was very informational and really answered all the questions one is asking when they speak on the issue of global poverty. They even go through the situations such as countries giving money to other places that are not as advanced and have limited incentives and development. One of the sections I found to be really solid information was in point 1 on page 231, speaking about