Nimra Tariq's presentation discusses poverty around the world and in Pakistan. It defines poverty and outlines the types of poverty, including absolute and relative poverty. Statistics are provided on global poverty rates by region, showing that over 40% of people in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa live below the poverty line. The effects of poverty and some ways to eradicate it, such as establishing justice, education initiatives, and job opportunities, are also discussed.

1. PRESENTED BY: NIMRA TARIQ

2. THE ONLY WAR WORTH FIGHTING
IS THE WAR ON POVERTY

3. POVERTY
TYPES OF POVERTY
POVERTY RATE AROUND THE WORLD
POVERTY IN PAKISTAN
EFFECTS OF POVERTY
WAYS TO ERADICATE

4. 
4.4 billion people live in developing countries.

5. Three-fifths lack basic
sanitation
Of these …

6. Almost one third have no access to
clean water

7. A quarter do not have
adequate housing

8. A fifth have no access to
modern health services

10. Poverty is the lack of basic necessities
that all human beings must have: food
and water, shelter, education, medical
care.
A certain level of material deprivation,
below which an individual suffers
physically, emotionally and socially.
POVERTY

11. POVERTY is a denial of choices and
opportunities, a violation of human
dignity. It means lack of basic capacity
to participate effectively in society. It
means not having enough to feed and
clothe a family, not having the land on
which to grow one’s food or a job to
earn one’s living, not having access to
credit. —United Nations
POVERTY

12. Poverty also encompasses low levels
of health and education, poor access to
clean water and sanitation, inadequate
physical security, lack of voice, and
insufficient capacity and opportunity to
better one’s life.
—World Bank
POVERTY

13. • Lack of basic human needs
like clean water, clothing,
shelter, education and health
care.
ABSOLUTE
POVERTY
• The condition of having
fewer resources as compared
to others within a society or a
country or as compared to
worldwide averages.
RELATIVE
POVERTY
TYPES OF POVERTY

14. Europe and Central Asia
3.5% (below poverty line)
Latin America and Caribbean
23.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa
38.5%
Middle East and North Africa
4.1%
South Asia
43.1%
POVERTY RATE AROUND
THE WORLD

15. Half of the World’s population, about 3 billion, live
on less than 2$ per day.
About 30,000 children under the age of 5 die.
Approximately 790 million people in the
developing World are chronically undernourished.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century
unable to read a book or sign their names.
The World Bank estimated 1.29 billion people were
living in absolute poverty in 2008.
The number of poor people increased to 414
million from 290 million in 2010.
POVERTY RATE AROUND
THE WORLD

16. According to the World Bank report, Pakistan is
ranked among the 43 countries who are most exposed
to poverty.
According to the Social Policy Development
Centre(SPDC), 88 percent of Baluchistan’s population,
51 percent of NWFP, 21 percent of Sindh and 25 percent
of Punjab’s population is prey to poverty and
deprivation.
According to Pakistan’s Planning Commission ,
poverty rate has jumped from 23.9 to 37.5 percent in the
last three years.
POVERTY RATE IN
PAKISTAN

17. According to the Asian Development Bank(ADB) report,
poverty is spreading in Pakistan due to the rising
population, Pakistan’s internal situation, agriculture
backwardness, unequal income distribution, defiance
expenditure, increase in utility charges and rise in
unproductive activities
POVERTY RATE IN
PAKISTAN

18. BAD
HEALTH
HUNGER
AND PAIN
MURDER THEFT
ILLITERACY
DRUG
ABUSE
EFFECTS OF POVERTY

19. HOW WE CAN
SUPPORT THE
WAR AGAINST
POVERTY

21. Establishment of justice and equality.
 Equal distribution of resources.
 Merit should be the upshot strategy in all walks of
life.
Developing investment friendly environment.
Giving more feasibilities and concessions to the
foreign investors.
Dumping extremism and feudalism.
Establishing more and more technical institute in
order to get people well skilled.
Prevalence of education.
WAYS TO
ERADICATE

22. Provision of job opportunities.
Division of agricultural lands among tenants
The full equality between men and women in public
as well as private areas of life, a worldwide minimum
wage of $20 per day and the end of child labor under
the age of 16 with the creation of a subsidy for
scholarship.
The guarantee of shelter, healthcare, education,
food and drinking water as basic human rights that
must be provided free to all
WAYS TO
ERADICATE

23. THIS CAN GO A LONG WAY TO HELP
MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
MICHEAL JACKSON SUMS IT
ELOQUENTLY IN HIS SONG