Sustainability and poverty
Abstract:
Sustainability and poverty sometimes go hand in hand because poverty can hinder sustainability whereas through sustainability measures poor can develop the standard of living. There are many through which sustainability in different sectors can occur but most importantly it can happen when it is focused on the welfare of the people. This essay will display how sustainability is connected to poverty and energy sectors, though sustainable development the energy sector can implement alternative production of electricity. Poverty can be reduced through innovations when focused on customers, networks and environment. These two papers indicate a path for the developing countries to develop themselves.
Introduction:
Sustainability solutions or sustainable development have been on the rise since a few decades. Developed countries have adopted sustainability measures to help the citizens and the country to grow more. Innovative ideas have been implemented that includes sustainability of some kind to be implemented in the countries. Many international organizations have provided objectives to be completed at the end of the given time period. However, there is a barrier to these sustainability measure that is poverty, this is the main concern of the developing countries. Due to poverty many developing countries cannot implement sustainability measures because of abundant resources, low investments and many more. The lower class doesn’t enjoy the easy access of everything like the upper middle and upper class. They poor are kept separate from the society and aren’t even considered as a part of the society. This essay will compare the two journal articles that look into sustainable solutions for the development countries and how the poor can improve their standard of living through new innovations. The essay will provide a brief summary of the two and how these papers are helpful the evaluate the topic of sustainability for the upcoming research. Both of these papers provide a way for the policy makers of the developing countries.
Summary for Khavul, S., & Bruton, G. D. (2012). Harnessing Innovation for Change: Sustainability and Poverty in Developing Countries. Journal of Management Studies, 50(2), 285–306.
In this paper the authors claim the lower class in the developing countries that, sustainability improving innovation can solve the deadlock at the connection of poverty, environment and sustainability. Nevertheless, for innovations to be successful for a long term, they need to constructed in way that take into account domestic clients, corporations’ ecosystems and networks. If these are not present then companies are at a risk of creating new innovation that frequently fail to be implemented and can never be introduced. Absent this, businesses run the risk of introducing innovations that repeatedly fail to be. Generating innovation with the righteous mind but with unethical individuals who doesn’t take into consideration the clients that can evolve new networks and the absence of corporations’ ecosystem to guide them will always dissatisfy the creators. The authors gave the example of mobile telecommunication technology that is an effective innovation and for the lower class too. Multiple developing countries have restricted amount of telephone lines. The developing countries couldn’t afford to lay new ones and can negatively impact the environment. Nevertheless, Kenya is one of the developing countries that helped the poor to obtain information and permitted them to communicate in order to enhance the standard of living. In this current era the wage of a laborer can be transferred through online banking services and mobile phone. Previously it was not possible, the person who wanted to transfer had to go to a nearby shop and the receiver had to go to distant shop to receive the cash. The receiver had to bear the cost of the journey and the cost from the shopkeeper. Telecommunication corporation should invest in keeping in mind the clients, their connection with the community and the environment these customers live in. In Kenya the mobile telecommunication innovation was success because mobile operators were subsidized along with private and governmental grants. New innovation like these have enhanced the standard of living of the poor and generated employment opportunities for them. Innovation can only occur keeping in mind the clients, networks and environment we live in.
Summary for Warnecke, T., & Houndonougbo, A. N. (2016). Let There Be Light: Social Enterprise, Solar Power, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Economic Issues, 50(2), 362–372.
This paper talks about energy poverty which is a big issue in the developing countries, people living in these countries aren’t able to get the basic necessity of electricity in their households. Due to increase in the population, electricity isn’t easily accessible in the households. Energy poverty increases current uncertainties and negatively affecting population that includes not only the clients but also the producers. This paper investigates the disturbance in the energy industry in these developing countries. The issue of energy industry can be tackled through solar power, social enterprises are an array of light for the poor and fill the void of provision of electricity between public and private sector. The paper highlighted that there the African countries face this issue at large in their homeland, this continent doesn’t provide expensive electricity rates to its people. Moreover, rural areas are the ones who doesn’t get good supply of electricity, these are the people who live in remote areas of the country. To expand electric in these areas the country needs to spend a hefty amount of money to lay gridlines. Moreover, electricity reaching to the middle, upper middle and upper class isn’t enough because there isn’t any investment, no innovations, frequent barriers and many other problems in the developing countries. New innovations like solar electrification have made it easier for low cost of electricity supply. Solar electrification guides the three measures of sustainable development that is interpersonal, economic and ecological. This innovation enables education, children can study through this innovation. Not only this solar electrification is economical than other sources of electricity. This also helps the businesses to run smoothly, small businesses can expand their activities, in other words every sector of the country can perform easily. People will get jobs due to which standard of living can be improved along with the reduction of intercountry migration. There are three strategies for social electrification that the social enterprises have introduced that are (i) independent micro-grid projects; (ii) solar home system kits; and (iii) pico-solar systems
Comparison between the two:
The first paper presented displayed a unified point of view of sustainability that connects poverty, the ecological system and creativity. The paper suggested that for a country to innovate sustainable solutions the industries should keep in mind customers, network and the ecological system. The authors gave the example of a mobile telecommunication technology can develop a developing country but expanding it can be a climatic problem. Kenya is one of the countries that developed a good telecommunication innovation through which people were employed. This paper showed the connection between poverty and sustainability and how can countries through innovation can develop. The second paper showed connection between energy poverty and the solutions to reduce this problem. The authors showed that developing countries face acute power shortage in their households especially in the African region and their rural areas. The rural areas are remote and the developing countries cannot provide electricity to these distant areas. The authors suggested solar electrification that is an economical alternative to produce electricity. It will help the children in studying, help the businesses to expand their business activities, it will ease their business activities and in fact it will help every sector in the country.
The two papers tried to point out poverty, the first one pointed out connection between poverty and sustainability whereas the second one pointed how energy crises can impact the poor. They both talked about poverty in some way. They both tried to provide solutions to eliminate poverty either in case of innovations or solar electrification. They also talked about sustainability and about creating innovations through advanced technology.
Evaluation of the upcoming research:
These papers have given the correct path for the countries to implement sustainability innovation in different sector of the country. These papers have provided the readers with authentic literature along with statistics and figures. These will help the developing countries to construct policies to produce innovations to ease the business activities and reduce the problems of the population. Currently, the world is about innovations to ease the problems of the people and help the countries to evolve themselves easily. These two papers will provide an addition to significant literature to the upcoming essay.
Conclusion:
Poverty in the developing countries is a hindrance to developing countries’ growth and development. It is quite hard for the countries to innovate new solutions due to non investment in different sectors, no facilities to the poor and other high risk factors. Sustainability in the developing countries can help the countries to improve the quality of life of these people. Innovating new things with the help of technology and easing the problems of the people. These two papers did the same, they provided a way out for the developing countries to implement and make their countries a developed one. They gave a direction for the countries to help the poor by helping them to get employed, helping their children to study with electricity and improving the quality of life for them. The first connected poverty and sustainability by focusing on people, networks and the ecological system. The second one gave an insight about how energy poverty can be reduced through generating electricity through solar power, an alternative to produce it without any extensive costs. The gave the countries solutions to construct policies for the well being of the people.
