Why are poor countries still poor with all the money that yearly events generate? E.g. Comic Relief.

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I haven’t done any research on this so there are probably a lot of factors that I haven’t considered. Just genuinely intrigued as the charity adverts you see on TV imply that it doesn’t take a lot of money to feed one child or buy a blanket etc.

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Almost every acre of land suitable for agriculture is currently being used – in the entire world. Meanwhile, the population continues to grow and will surpass 10 billion people before the turn of the century.

In this grand game of musical chairs, it stands to reason that a certain portion of the population is going to starve to death. All the charity in the world isn’t going to change the laws of nature.

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