The Vicious Cycle of Overpopulation and Poverty

"Does overpopulation cause poverty?  Certainly, but that’s far too simplistic an answer.  Poverty is the result of a myriad of factors, and the mentality and culture of the impoverished is self-destructive by nature.  That is unless government or outside aid is provided to help establish the necessary services that all first world countries have, and that all developing countries need in order to rise up and escape the poverty trap.  Helping the impoverished escape from that trap starts with the head rather than the stomach.  Providing food and economic aid to the poor only helps in the short-run, but helping them learn how to produce their own food on a sustainable level will save generations."


by Joe Dimeck


http://ronebreak.com/2009/02/14/overpopulation-and-poverty-the-roots-of-all-our-problems/