Problem

Shortage of financial resources for action against problems

Nature:
Funds to address societal needs are limited for reasons depending on whose financial resources they represent. For example, governments spend a great deal of money on armaments and cut back on social welfare. The private sector, always aiming for as much profit as it can from its activities, gives only token heed to public responsibilities. Some intergovernmental projects and organizations absorb most of their funds in salaries and the production of reports calling for action against problems by their member states. Even where funds might initially be adequate to take sufficient remedial action against problems, they are subject to mismanagement and in some cases, misuse. Funding is also a manifestation of comparative political strength, and some problem-oriented projects may remain unfunded, regardless of merit, solely because they were proposed originally by a minority party, coalition or bloc.
Broader Problems:
Insufficient programme funding
General obstacles to problem alleviation
Narrower Problems:
Lack of funds for medical research
Lack of national funds to cope with problems
Inadequate funding of international programmes
Related Problems:
Decline in government health expenditure
Aggravates:
Consensus trap
Strategies:
Increasing financial resources
Increasing amount of financial resources for action against problems
Values:
Action
Inactivity
Problem
Shortage
Subject(s):
Action → Action
Commerce → Finance
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 13: Climate Action
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET