New Movie The End of Poverty? Perpetuates Myths About Causes of Poverty

Once again, I'm saddened that a lack of understanding of the true causes of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa - and elsewhere - causes the makers of this movie to miss the big picture: Countries create their own poverty by not enforcing child labor and compulsory schooling laws. In line with existing modernization theory and paradigms, the filmmakers blame normal win-win international financing arrangements for continuing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here is the trailer for the film:



Even in rich countries, we could turn them into poor countries in a generation or two if we allowed parents to benefit from sending their children to work rather than school. Here's my Pathway to Prosperity rating of this movie: _ _ _ _ _

New Inspiration for Making Pathway to Prosperity Useful for Conceptualizing Progress

I had a breakthrough last night for Pathway to Prosperity. A lot of what I'm trying to do with this charity is emphasize the critical importance of child labor law enforcement and compulsory schooling as the ultimate answer for the elimination of world-wide poverty, illiteracy, and disease. As far as I can tell, most folks in the field still do not understand how crucial these factors are to flipping from a world of poverty to a world of possibility.

Here's my plan. When I see a story that shows folks are moving in the right direction, I'll award them + signs for going forward in the right direction. If they are going in the wrong direction, I'll award them - signs. This will be done on a scale of 1 to 5 so that the best possible forward movement will receive +++++ plus signs and the worst movement backwards will get - - - - - negative signs.

Potentially, this rating scale could be established for each country regarding its progress on eliminating child labor. The point is to begin a fresh education process which helps those fighting child labor see the complete significance of their efforts in a historical perspective.