Final Presentation: Research Outcome (Pt. 2)

Proposed Solution: My proposed solution is to look past the federal government which has had so much money thrown at it with no advancements made, and focus on the local governments. My plan is to focus on the three most suffering areas of Sudan and to implement or improve existing small scale governments in those areas. Legal and regulatory framework, budget, financial plans, laws, etc. U.S. or outside assistance from U.S. allies in Africa such as Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria is necessary to implement these government systems, and to ensure that they function correctly and everyone is benefitting properly. If this is successful, the harsh lives or many Sudanese people living in the three worst areas of Sudan would be improved. It would lead to the second half of my solution, tackling food security. If the governments were to be successful, and in turn begin to generate profit from a small economy based around market and agriculture, subsistence farming improvements could be made. Water pumps on individual farms, livestock vaccinations, water harvesting (done through the use of chisel ploughs), and educating farmers on how to best gain the highest yield with what they’re given. In the future even GMO’s.

How to implement them? I see foreign aid as completely necessary. Sudan doesn’t have the funds, the incentive, man power, or knowledge to implement these solutions themselves. Help from the U.S., America’s closer allies in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, and the UN are the most probable. The U.S. or its allies could assist with making decisions as to the framework of the governments. They could then provide funds and man power to implement them. They could also provide funding and man power to continuously be sure that the governments are successfully benefitting everyone properly. As far as food security, there are organizations such as The Water Project, and Water for Sudan which could all potentially assist in providing water to make farming easier. The IFDC is a corporation that could potentially assist with educating farmers.

Online Class: The online class titled “Challenges of Global Poverty” was very relatable to the topic of my paper. The big picture finding as I did research (both for the online course and for my paper itself) is that it’s very difficult. It’s very difficult, because of the insane amount of aspects that funnel into poverty. The government is effected by so many other things and has the power to change so many things. Health care, birth control, education, sanitization, insurance, risk, fertility, supply and demand, and so much more. SO many aspects factor into the success of defeating poverty as a whole. This class examined many of those ways, and it related to the plethora of things that are wrong with Sudan and need to be fixed there as well. There are way too many to tackle at once, but they’re in such bad condition that a lot of people are dying. Obviously, something needs to change.

Quick Reflection: My proposed solution and implementation strategies were taken almost directly from my paper. I only had to shorten them up so that they could be discussed in a timely manner on the day of my presentation. The online class and how it related could have been much longer as well, however for the sake of time its shortened. The main take away from that for me was how many issues were involved and created global poverty. That is the main way I was able to see the relation between global poverty, Sudan/my paper, and the class. It relates perfectly to my thesis statement as well.