Band 6+: Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas. To what extent do you agree?

The nations lagging behind in the sectors of health, literacy, and business are required to improve in these sectors. However, it is hotly debated that it is the utmost responsibility of the well off nations to help these countries. In my own point of view, I don’t agree with this idea because of two very valid and prominent reasons. These reasons include the lifetime dependency of the poverty-stricken countries on the well-to-do countries, and the wealthy countries could have a deviation of focus from their own nation’s responsibilities to the betterment of other states.

To start with, the major drawback of the participation of deep pocket countries in the advancement of less privileged countries is that they would encourage these states to be dependent on others rather than trying to figure out what measures they can put in to make their conditions favorable in different sectors. Whenever such nations experience a downturn, they would always look out for help rather than fixing their problem areas by themselves. For instance Pakistan is one of the countries that always seek help from America or China to fight against financial crises rather than independently taking steps for the betterment of economic status.

Furthermore continuous efforts are required at the state level by countries to be successful in global chain. The extra responsibility of taking care of deficient countries on efficient states could result in a lack of concentration in its own principal affairs. This additional burden could weaken the strength of the developed states. Research claims that many developed territories have experienced downfall due to investing their resources in other developing states.

All factors considered, I would conclude that every nation is responsible for its own condition. Rich countries should spend their time and resources in their own state rather than others so that they are able to pay more concentration to own state affairs. By this they can also discourage the dependency of one state on another and help to develop an independent environment globally.