Poverty
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This document discusses poverty around the world. It defines poverty as the lack of basic necessities like food, water, shelter, education, and healthcare. The document then provides statistics on poverty rates by region, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest at 38.5% of people living below the poverty line. Causes of poverty discussed include unfair trade agreements, lack of technology and investment, rapidly changing prices, and lack of transportation. Solutions proposed are employment generation, transparency in government spending, zakat, and upholding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Poverty
- 2. Group Members: Hussnain Ali Obaid Ullah Hamza Raja M.Kamran Rasheed
- 3. What is Poverty? Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all human beings must have: Food and water Shelter Education Medical care Security, etc.
- 4. CONT. A multi-dimensional issue, poverty exceeds all social, economic, and political boundaries. In 1997 the richest fifth of the world’s population had 74 times the income of the poorest fifth. According to these estimates, 21 percent of people in the developing world lived at or below $1.25 a day.
- 5. People who earn their living by collecting and sorting garbage and selling them for recycling, Manila, Philippines
- 6. Type Of poverty Absolute poverty. Lack of basic Human needs, like clean Water, Nutrition, Health Care, Education, Clothing and Shelter Relative poverty The Condition of having fewer resources or lesser income as compared to others within a society or a country or as compared to worldwide averages
- 7. Percentage of people living below the poverty line Europe and Central Asia 3.5% Latin America and Caribbean 23.5% Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5% Middle East and North Africa 4.1% South Asia 43.1%
- 8. Causes & Effects: Unfair trade agreements. Lack of technology. Lack of investment. Rapidly changing prices for their goods. Lack of Better Transport. Companies look for low-cost countries to invest in. This can mean that, though there are jobs, they are low-paid.
- 9. WAR: When a country is at war (including civil war) basic services like education are disrupted. People leave their homes as refugees. Crops are destroyed.
- 10. Unemployment: Unemployment leads to financial crisis and reduces the overall purchasing capacity of a nation. This in turn results in poverty followed by increasing burden of debt. Lack of employment opportunities and the consequential income disparity bring about mass poverty in most of the developing and under developed economies of the world.
- 12. CONT. Poverty increases the risk of homelessness. There are over 100 million street children worldwide. Street child in Bangladesh
- 13. Illiteracy: Lack Of education leads to inequality
- 14. Problems & Solution: Terrorism Homelessness
- 15. CONT.
- 16. Diseases:
- 17. Poverty Solutions Employment Generation Transparency in Government Spending Zakat
- 18. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well- being of him/(her)self and his/(her) family, Including: food clothing Housing Medical care and necessary social services Everyone has the right to education.
- 19. Thank You.
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