Problem

Poverty as a consequence of war

Other Names:
Economic decline caused by war
Nature:

War impoverishes the people and nations who fight them. The wounded and the poor are left to beg. Shops and stores run out of goods to sell. The clothes of even the middle class become increasingly shabby. Inflation ruin the rich and the poor alike. Fuel supplies become short and power, water and other service are cut. Infrastructure can not be repaired or constructed and so every day things like telephones lines, roads, bridges and port facilities deteriorate. Garbage is left uncollected. Wars destroy economic growth and may turn a prosperous country into a poverty stricken one.

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST