In the face of media campaigns and political sanctions, the question of whether we owe aid and rectification to the world's poor arises appropriately. Despite television commercials showing the condition of the poor and press articles explaining it, the reality is that the majority of us, especially in the Western world, are a long way from the poverty that still affects many lives. The debate between Thomas Pogge and Mathias Risse over our obligation to the poor calls into question the very institution in which we live. Pogge created a new framework within which the debate developed. He focused on the design of the global institutional order and the role it plays in inflicting or at least maintaining the extreme poverty to which people are exposed. While Mathias Risse and Thomas Pogge believe that “the world order is imperfectly developed. It needs reform rather than revolutionary overthrow,” they differ on whether it is fair and entitles the world's poor to aid. Pogge believes that the world order is unjust because it "helps to perpetuate extreme poverty, violating our negative duty not to unduly harm others." Risse believes that the institution is only imperfectly just and can be attributed to improving the lives of the world's poor. These improvements, he argues, contribute to its justification and negate any additional obligations we have to the poor. Evaluating their debate, it seems that one's obligation to the poor depends on one's conception of duty, one's unit of analysis, and whether amelioration corrects injustice. Overall, it appears that we do owe a debt to the poor, but we may not have the means to repay that debt. Pogge uses three arguments that the world's poor are entitled to assistance. He argues that if we contribute to extreme poverty, we are at least partly responsible for reducing it. As a result, we need an efficient and scalable solution. Recognizing our responsibility, we must now find solutions and do our part to put an end to the phenomenon of poverty which destroys more innocent lives. The question now is whether rich states really have the capacity to make these changes. Pogge, while continually advocating minor changes and simple solutions in his two articles, does not actually suggest any mechanism for them. Therefore, more thought needs to be given to possible solutions that could reduce global poverty and eliminate our debt to the poor. However, this does not justify continuing to impose the problem. Just as if a builder is unable to repair a leak he would hire help, the company must also seek an adequate solution..