To provide a better quality of life for the peoples of the world, the United Nations set up numerous agencies, some of which are listed below: +FAO-Food and Agricultural Organisation +UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation +IMF-International Monetary Fund +WHO-World Health Organisation +UNRWA-United Nations Relief and Work Agency +UNICEF-United Nations International Children?s Emergency Fund +ILO-International Labour Organisation The Food and Agricultural Organisation was set up to advise people living in the backwards countries of the world on how best to manage food supplies and agricultural development. With their headquarters in Rome,...
not only themselves but one another. The IMF for example made money available for countries in need, but when they have borrowed this money, they still have to pay it back, with interest. If the country that borrowed the money was a poorer country, they have to find a way to pay back the loan, with interest, which is likely to plunge them into further debt, which is one of the major problems with third world countries, like South Africa, today. This causes another problem in that it increases the already sky high wealth gap between rich and poor countries.