Eradicating Poverty through Science and Innovation. How true is this? And What is the role of science in poverty alleviation?
Dear Dr. Sadanand Pandey , Dear all,
Yes, it can do that, if the leaders only be from good persons.
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The answer is "yes" but with a caveat. The main factors driving poverty are not lack of resources, but poor resource distribution, especially in areas controlled by abusive dictators. Technological advancements should help improve resource management, but it is going to be difficult to completely eliminate these negative elements from society. I'm a huge advocate for the potential that blockchain and cryptoassets provide, including in terms of monetizing public goods and providing social security nets. Moreover, blockchain can help allow for a more voluntary society which should help improve resource distribution.
However, to be perfectly honest, given human nature, I think that so long as all humans are confined to one planet (Earth), there will be poverty here. Give humans the chance to expand out, and we may be able to fully eliminate Earth specific poverty, but it will exist elsewhere.
Dear Daniel Goldman , really i appreciate your discussion on this topic. I know it not really a very easy task. But at least, Is it possible, that do we come up with some ideas and involve the government to take special initiative, so that we can minimize the level of poverty from the planet.
Dear Sadanand Pandey,
Science has been developing for centuries and poverty existed and still exists. When the classical economy began to develop in the 18th century, scientific concepts appeared that suggested that as a result of the development of the market economy economic prosperity would grow and income inequality would decrease, also in the international area. Unfortunately, over 200 years have passed and the income diversification has increased and the scale of poverty in many countries is growing. Poverty is currently determined by various economic, economic and political factors, etc. The development of information, IT and Internet technologies, new production solutions and innovations creates new categories of added value of manufacturing processes. Technology, information, knowledge, and innovation are categories of production factors whose importance is growing in production processes. Technological development should reduce the scale of poverty, but time will show to what extent this positive process will work. On the other hand, other instruments should also be developed, poverty reduction programs by increasing the support of the richest countries for the poorest. In addition, in the 21st century there are many important economic problems to solve, so as to develop sustainable pro-ecological development, improve socio-economic policies, develop democratization processes, develop economic support programs for the poorest countries etc. which should reduce income disparities, technological development, etc. .
Best wishes
Science can not alleviate poverty, if science could play that role, then 21st century would be free of poverty. Reasons behind poverty and it's less association with science is due to science strong relationship with greedy, selfish, unethical corporate ecology.
Through the localization of science and the dissemination of scientific culture, thus enabling the scientific community to contribute to solving the issue of poverty.
The principle of what we can call "cluster", so to speak, means individuals, individuals or professions that complement each other to accomplish any project.
That is a good question Sadanand Pandey. There are many people (including scientists) who are actively trying to eliminate poverty and its root cause. Some are volunteers.
Yes we can. Yes it has always been possible. Science has helped to develop important food technologies to improve food yields and to extract water from new sources. It has also enabled poor people to grow their own food.
Since I was a child in the 1950s, I have seen a huge improvement in tackling poverty . . . only now it has escalated to war-torn countries. It is inflicted poverty by those seeking power above human life. So if you include the technology behind the weapons of war and industrial pollution, then science has also contributed to poverty - but that was not your question.
Interesting. I agree with Nirmala, science cannot completely solve poverty but science (research) can help mitigate it.
Good Question Prof. Sadanand Pandey,
Thought provoking. Science can show the way like, development of knowledge, product, process, tunning the old ideas.By reaping the benefit of science production can be enhanced.In fact it happened through 'Green Revolution'.But still poverty persists. I think hunger and poverty is not totally depend on shortage of food, there are other dimensions as well. Accessibility, availability,affordability and above all who are the controller of the production system. So, we have to admit that there is a political dimension too. Though poverty sometimes conceived as relative term. Even the concept of poverty varies from people to plople. The variation exists in uraban and rural people. The differences of concept of poverty varies between Developed countries , developing countries and underdeveloped countries. Globally the areas prone to poverty they are the worst sufferers.Though poverty index has been developed, lots of government plans and programmes have implemented, public distribution system strengthen, tonnes of money have been spent, obviously there are some positive sign is visible, still poverty persists.Utilizing the science and technology productivity enhanced despite the fact that land-man ratio has gone down. Natural calamity is one of the reason of poverty and the people of those fragile resource areas frequently heat by this. Vicious circle sometimes articulated by scientists as a cause of poverty. Resource poor people are the victims of this circle. Earler economists thought about trickle down effect for eradication of overty. Corruption proved the concept wrong. Target group oriented programmes brouht some success. Political will is urgently required to stop the menace. Disparity in income and other socio-economic measures can be taken up by utilizing fruits of science.Empowerment of people from powerlessness,provision of livelihood,etc. where science can play a pivotal role of transforming a society free from hunger and poverty.Still a big question mark who will do the work of application of science and technology for the welfare of mankind especially for the povert stricken people.
Apologies for the delay, Sadanand Pandey. I just noticed your reply. To your question about whether we can implement government programs, the answer is "yes." To whether we should, the answer is "no." I am not a fan of government programs, for a variety of reasons. The most important issue with government operations vs NGOs is that funding the government isn't voluntary, which means that if they do not do a good job of handling their initiatives, we can do very little except beg. Voting with money is a very powerful way to vote, and that's one reason why I will continue to support NGOs over other options.
We can even implement universal basic income, without the need of government. There are a number of ways to do this. One option is to use blockchain + cryptoasset technology. Mannabase is attempting to do this, but I haven't tried it out yet, because it requires submitting proof of identity (for obvious reasons).
Poverty is not a scientific subject so that science can deal with it. Poverty is basically a social issue
Ihsan Jasim, social and economic issues are fully within the realm of scientific inquiry. Specifically, it falls into the realms of sociology, anthropology, and economics.
Science alone cannot eliminate poverty. Greed and arrogance need to go. Poverty is a social problem, true, but scientific theory comes from the social values of the people involved. Science can be a useful problem solver but there are qualitative gaps that need to be addressed. All people need to be involved in the elimination of poverty. Kerre
Science alone did a lot for the poverty elimination in the world. The rich countries adopted science 100 years back whereas the poor countries still struggling to accept science. They fear science because they like religious fanaticism which is the root cause of poverty.
Science can contribute significantly to the eradication of poverty in the world or reduce it to a minimum, through the adoption of modern scientific methods that promote equal opportunities for development and the use of resources in an optimal manner
Daniel Goldman , An excellent note, I missed it, maybe I had a scientific research lab, that's my fault
Haider Majid Hasan , I agree with you completely ,But poverty is an economic phenomenon, so the effect of science on the economy is less than the science of experimentation
Yes, science can do magic what others can't do. Science can alleviate many problems including poverty. Also men need to learn how to do away with ARTIFICIAL POVERTY.
More than one third of the world's population lacks the resources and information to meet basic human needs such as adequate food, clean drinking water, sanitation, good health provision, shelter and education. Science, technology and innovation can play a crucial role in alleviating poverty. Science can provide alternate sources of income to people. Since, poverty in many countries is associated with subsistence agriculture practices, the contribution of science in agriculture is worth acknowledging.
YES, it is possible.
But the only one precondition is to be followed:
All the politicians of all the countries have to follow the directions of a bench of some good scientists without any alteration.
Start from today:
1. STOP production of every types of plastic packets from tomorrow.
2. Arrange compulsory CASTRATION and JAIL of all the father of third child or more in every thickly populated developing countries.
3. Like all other financial culprits, keep all the businessmen in Jail who do not pay bank debt.
.......
Thanks.
Of course, it is possible but due the capitalist strategies, it is an essential issue affording poor and poverty to inducing more wars, conflicts and unrest in the world for the sake of financial benefits.
In the Bible, 'poor' are those who live on their work, 'rich' the landowners.
Having money, gold, controlling a bank account, is not same as being rich.
'Being in need' seems what you refer to, for solving this, you need knowing the situation, having something to share, poverty can't be 'socialized', and have some logistics to distribute basic supplies.
Technology, organization is the key, and we not only are are in the right way, but reaching achievements.
Sites as ResearchGate are the best places for giving a helping hand those in need.
'No se ganó Zamora en una hora' ('Zamora was not won in one hour') we say in Spanish.
Some 'Field work' is always very good.
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Fadi Habash 'Kapital' in production, means facilities, machines, sites, reserves; workforce uses this to produce goods and services.
Whether capital belongs to a public company, to the state, to a private owner, does not change a lot the situation of operaries.
Cooperatives sound as a possible solution, as long as there is rotation in decision positions, and 'Glasnost' reigns.
The problems that K Marx detected are of an intellectual kind, riddles, no solution, as it's impossible having a calculator work after requesting it to divide zero by zero.
In economy, by definition, everything is susceptible of negotiation, of agreement.
Private property is a basic right, no farmer eat all the meat from their cattle.
Right?
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Dear Dr. Sadanand Pandey , Dear all,
Yes, it can do that, if the leaders only be from good persons.
Regards.
Shaden M H Mubarak 'Only YahWeh is Good' (Jesus)
'Politics is a fishy business'
'There's no business like show business'
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Dear Sir Joe Graymer ,
Yes surely Issa is one of the good leaders we are waiting for.
Regards.
Science can help a lot via educating the public. However, politicians implementing policies based on science in a capitalistic environment may not be able to reach down to the poor and lift them out of poverty. As in most cases plans seem to benefit the rich via profits and the poor are left holding the bag.
Science can help eliminate poverty and various ways...education, availability of information on needs of the people and how to alleviate poverty..creating source of livelihoods As well as helping people to fish for themselves to earn a living
Definitely. We can increase the food supply through modern agriculture thus we can alleviate poverty.
To end poverty, put science at the heart of development Sadanand Pandey
In this line, it can be remarked that productivity in agriculture didn't change in a noticeable manner since middle age, the inflection point came after WW II.
Not starving (The German term for: 'die', is: 'sterben') is a first requirement, for other goods, let's say China could provide manufactures to the rest of the world. Salut +
A positive application of science can surely help to eliminate the poverty through employment generation, technology adoption for sustainability, easy access to sources of information required from worldwide in relation to international collaboration on scientific platforms.
However, negative application of science such as development of nuclear or biological weapons may disturb the peace of the world when comes in wrong hands.
I am doubtful that science can eliminate poverty. Even aspects of poverty like food insecurity has at times become more challenging as science made food production more expensive (Green Revolution) helping to produce more than enough but at prices some cannot afford.
Poverty is the result of no work, too low wages, and also here science does not necessarily help as through science technologies are invented to replace people.
All this should not mean that science is irrelevant, but to remove poverty requires a very strong will to remove poverty with all consequences such effort would bring, including that super rich would need to be willing to give up economic power and support redistribution to an extend that has never happened before.
In other words we need a miracle, some chemical that is put in water and makes people's greed disappear. If science can invent such chemical then......
Please notice that in the Holy Bible, 'poor' are those who live from their work, this is clear in German language, where 'poor' is said: 'Armen leute', 'Arm's people', 'Brighams', but 'Rich' are just the Landowners for the Bible.
Having money, being business people is not at all being rich.
Suffering needs is not same as 'being poor'.
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Yes, It can. Science will identify the root cause of the problems and will give solutions for that. The policy makers should enact the law to use the technologies so that it can reach to the poor, the poverty can be eliminated. Good scientific technology + good policy maker can eliminate the poverty
In simple don't play with the nature otherwise nature will play with you
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