4. What is meant by Poverty?
• Lack of shelters
• Lack of food
• Lack of education
• Lack of basic transportation
• Lack of good health and medical
infrastructure
• Lack of ability to pay debets
Poverty is an economic state where people are experiencing scarcity or the
lack of certain commodities that are required for the lives of human beings
like money and material things. Therefore, poverty is a multifaceted concept
inclusive of social, economic and political elements.
7. There are two ways of Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Absolute poverty is when
household income is below a
certain level, which makes it
impossible for the person or
family to meet basic needs of life
including food, shelter, safe
drinking water, education,
healthcare, etc.
Relative Proverty
Relative poverty is when
households receive 50% less
than average household
incomes, so they do have some
money but still not enough
money to afford anything above
the basics.
13. Effects Of Poverty
1. Effect on health
2. Effect on society-
a)violence and crime rate
b)Homelessness
c)Stress
d)Child labour
e)Terrorism
3. Effect on economy
16. • Properly Identifying Issues
• Allocating Proper Time and Resources
• Creating organizations and communities to work locally
• Creating Jobs
• Providing Access to Healthcare
• Empowering Women
• Microfinancing
• Provide paid leave and paid sick days
• Supporting equal pay for men and women
Solution
19. Facts of Poverty
• In 2015 (the latest estimates available), 10% of the world’s population
lived in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 a day)
• Money isn’t a complete measure of poverty. Other dimensions of poverty
include access (or lack thereof) to work, health, nutrition, education,
sanitation, housing, etc
• It’s estimated that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent
global recession, poverty rates will increase for the first time since 1990.
• About 13% of people globally do not have access to electricity, and 40%
of people globally do not have access to clean fuels for cooking.[
• Malnutrition is the leading cause of poor health and death around the
world. Globally, 1 in 9 people is hungry or undernourished.
20. Think?
“If a free society cannot help the
many who are poor, it cannot save
the few who are rich.”
21. Presented By--
“As long as
poverty,
injustice and
gross
inequality
exist in the
world, none
of us can
truly exist”.