Examining the State of Sustainable Development Goal One; “Eradication of Exreme Poverty”: A Case Study of Kansawrodo (Sekondi Takoradi Municipality) in the Western Region

Abstract

The eradication of extreme poverty has increasingly become a topic of concern for the United Nations and many of its stakeholders on the globe especially in the wake of sustainable development. The Ghanaian circumstance is critical as various intercessions have been made by successful governments yet, Ghana has not had the option to annihilate outrageous destitution totally in any event, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were in force and now the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) being executed worldwide since 2016 to 2030. The gap between the rich and the poor has not been connected. Despite the fact that there has been some improvement throughout the long term. The reason for this study is to analyze the "State of Sustainable Development Goal1in Kansawrodo, in the Western Region of Ghana explicitly in the Takoradi Metropolis. The research was done by conducting a semi structured interview with 15 youth who are between the ages on 15 -24years; who are living under extreme poverty conditions in Kansawrodo. After the data was gathered and analyzed, some of the key findings were that poverty was caused by: lack of finance and over dependency, rapid population growth, and unequal distribution of wealth, gender disparities, and the lack of jobs for the youth, corruption and lack of commitment from successive governments. The findings also revealed that, government development agenda was in harmony with the Sustainable Development Goals. Another important finding was that, the children of the youth were involved in child labour to support their parents. Additionally, the main hinderance to the implementation of SDG1 is capital to invest in sectors that can create more jobs for the youth, healthcare and education, in order to eliminate social inequality and eradicate extreme poverty. The literature review established that many Ghanaians in both the rural and some parts of the urban areas in Ghana still live below the poverty line; while others are trapped in absolute poverty. Many of the youth of Kansawrodo face the same situation with their young children according to the findings of the research.