Sample Points 02 - IELTS task 2: Should wealthy nations be required to share their wealth among poorer nations by providing such things as food and education? Or is it the responsibility of the governments of poorer nations to look after their citizens themselves?

Should wealthy nations be required to share their wealth among poorer nations by providing such things as food and education? Or is it the responsibility of the governments of poorer nations to look after their citizens themselves?

Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and with relevant evidence.

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Always remember, the safest way to attempt such questions is to always take a partial agreement - partial disagreement stand for the issue. The following points can be structured in an error-free manner to draft a decent BAND 7.0 answer.

Also keep in mind, that your answer should ALWAYS BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR KEY PARAGRAPHS - Introduction, Body Paragraph 01, Body Paragraph 02 and Conclusion. This is the ideal way of dividing your task into relevant sections so that it looks controlled and well drafted.

The below mentioned points can be included for the given question -

Body Paragraph 01 - Supporting points for Rich Nations should help poorer nations -

1. As the citizens of poorer nations are humans too, so they should be helped out of empathy and compassion.
2. For example - some nations in Africa are too poor and constantly suffer from famine, diseases, crime and other issues. Helping them overcome these barriers to development becomes responsibility of the rich nations.
3. In order to reduce the economic inequality among the nations.
4. Most of the poor nations suffer from lack of having enough facilities and resources - it can lead to increased crime or even terrorism.

Body Paragraph 02 - Supporting points for Rich Nations should not help poorer nations -

1. Excessive help to the nations may lead to over dependency.
2. They may lose the enthusiasm and encouragement to build their countries by themselves.
3. Rich nations can take undue advantage of sharing the wealth to interfere in the governance of poorer nations.
4. It may seem unfair to the citizens of the nations providing help that the taxes paid by them for the development of their own nation are being used towards others.

NOTE - Do not forget, a well-structured writing task 02 should always contain an introduction paragraph which is a balanced combination of a GENERAL TREND, WHAT IS BEING ASKED AND YOUR OPINION. Moreover, it should also have a conclusion / concluding paragraph which will be an overall summary of your stated points/ facts / examples in the Body paragraphs. It is one of the most important part of the Task 02 structure and should never be avoided.   

(These points can be followed as an example of a very good answer. However, please note that this is just one example out of many possible approaches.)