Poverty, legal identity etc. are major concerns in the third-world countries. Data says one-third of children in the world still lack legal identity (sourced from Informationweek). Poverty and lack of food still kill thousands of people. Can Blockchain put an end to all this?
I don't see identity as major concerns in the third world countries because there is hardly a database to have everyone details. The larger population is still outside the banking system, they don't have drivers license, they are not bothered about voting, they also don't care about government health care system, they also don't pay taxes. These are avenue where they could have identities and when that is absent, then there is no identity falsification or identity theft. The advanced country could be faced with all of that.
On the issue of poverty, this is a serious issue facing the third world countries and I don't see it being solved till the next century it can only be reduced to a level. How would blockchain then solve all of this, from the economic point of view, the liberation has started with individuals getting exposed to crypto currency and its embedded advantages they are able to change their economic conditions and immediate family. The identity solving issue would have to come from the way top of government because of the sensitivity of human data.