Question

propose three ways in which the government can ensure that the help it offers is received only by th epeople who are in need

Answer 1

1. Would be to make the person provide proof of income or need.  This can ensure that they are in need and not just someone pretending to be needy.

2. Another way would be to put limits on how much aide the one person can receive.

3. You can also make sure that the level of need is set.  Like make it so only people who have 1 income can get help.  Or only people who have no income.  And so on.

These are actually already put in place.  The government makes it people have to earn under a set amount of money to qualify.  They also require you to provide proof of income, assets, and debts.  They also make you recertify every few months to prove that your income didn't go up and that you still need that aide.

Answer 2

1. The governments could identify the income of people. Indeed, the governments can easily reach to that kind of data. According to this data, they can make distinction among them while providing the help.

2. While helping the people in need, the governments can put some limits to that need. It helps those people not to become lazy and fully dependent of the governments. Indeed, when there is an availability of certain jobs, the latter must become priority over governmental aid.

3. In many developed governments, there are social workers who observe and control the situation. Social workers make it easy for the people in need to get the aid they need and they help to reduce falsification and corruption in the process.

When there is no help and hope for the poor communities, they turn into illegal activities, such as gambling and informal trading which stated in the question. Those activities are not illegal in reality, however among poor communities it can make its way into illegal waters when governments cannot control the situation. This is the case of underground casinos and black market.