Global poverty has declined substantially but there remain large regional differences. Poverty declined significantly in China and Southeast Asia due to economic growth and investment in education. However, the decline was more modest in South Asia, including India, where poverty declined only marginally despite a reduction in the percentage of poor people. Within India, poverty remains a serious problem in certain states like Orissa, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh, while there has been a significant decline in other states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and West Bengal.

1. Global poverty scenario, inter-state
disparities
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2. The proportion of people in developing countries living in extreme economic
poverty
— defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1 per day—has fallen from
28
per cent in 1990 to 21 per cent in 2001. Although there has been a substantial
reduction in global poverty, it is marked with great regional differences.
Poverty
declined substantially in China and Southeast Asian countries as a result of
rapid
economic growth and massive investments in human resource development.
Number
of poor's in China has come down from 606 million in 1981 to 212 million in
2001. In
the countries of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Bhutan)
the decline has not been as rapid. Despite decline in the percentage of the
poor, the
number of poor has declined marginally from 475 million in 1981 to 428 million
in
2001. Because of different poverty line definition, poverty in India is also

3. 6 Billion People in the World:
Haves and Have-Not’s
what they need
hope of
getting what they need.
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very little at

4. Poverty in India also has another aspect or dimension. Recent
estimates show that in 20 states and union territories, the poverty
ratio is less than the national average. On the other hand, poverty is
still a serious problem in Orissa, Bihar, Assam, Tripura and Uttar
Pradesh. Orissa and Bihar continue to be the two poorest states
with poverty ratios of 47 and 43 per cent respectively. Along with
rural poverty urban poverty is also high in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh,
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In comparison , there has been a
significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Jammu and
Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu, Gujarat and West Bengal.
States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in
reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates.
Kerala has focused more on human resource development. In West
Bengal, land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty. In
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu public distribution of food grains
could have been responsible for the improvement

5. Number of poor (in million)
Year
Number (million)
1973-74
321
1983
323
1993-94
320
2004-05
302

6. What is poverty?
• It is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or
means of support; condition of being poor.
•
• The examples of poverty are : A person whom has not enough money
to pay a person’s bills.
• It is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or
means of support; condition of being poor
• The examples of poverty are : A person whom has not enough money
to pay a person’s bills.

7. The three ways to reduce poverty
• These are the three ways to reduce poverty:
1. Increase the wages of low skill labor or government
redistribution policies.
• The advice to get more education to avoid being poor
works for individuals, but since for many jobs having a
college education does not increase your productivity it
cannot be a solution for everybody. There is also the
problem of people who are poor due to mental or
physical illness which can only be solved with subsidies

8. The three ways to reduce poverty
• These are the three ways to reduce poverty:
1. Increase the wages of low skill labor or government
redistribution policies.
• The advice to get more education to avoid being poor
works for individuals, but since for many jobs having a
college education does not increase your productivity it
cannot be a solution for everybody. There is also the
problem of people who are poor due to mental or
physical illness which can only be solved with subsidies

9. What is “FREE THE CHILDREN” all about?
(Pictures)
• Here are just some pictures from “FREE THE CHILDREN”
organization .

10. The result?
• The organization updated its website to show that it has
now built 650 schools and school rooms which educate
55,000 children a day.
• In addition to the following , Free the Children has also
teamed up with Me to We, their partner organization,
to offer international volunteer trips for youth.
• They return with new perspectives and more energy
than ever before to be involved in raising awareness
and funds for overseas development projects through
Free The Children.

11. Movement in Indices of Commodity Prices India vs International:Wheat
Movement in Indices of Commodity Prices India vs International:Cereals
300
300
269.9
257.9
250
250
227.3
231.1
237.4
208.4
200
200
167.4
158.7
150
150
121.3
100
120.4
118.6
114.1
125.8
122.6
120.7
124.6
125
128.8
113
100
106.7
100
100
100
100
50
50
2005
2006
2007
Year
2008 Qtr I
2008 Qtr II
2005
2008 Qtr III
2006
2007
India WPI
India WPI
Movement in Indices of Commodity Prices India vs International:Rice
350
331.1
300
261.5
250
179.2
150
113.5
115.5
100
105.5 102.1
115.8
117
108.4
100
100
50
2005
2006
India WPI
2007
Year
2008 Qtr I
2008 Qtr II
International (IMF Indices)
2008 Qtr I
2008 Qtr II
International (IMF Indices)
International (IMF Indices)
200
Year
2008 Qtr III
2008 Qtr III

12. Regional Disparities
• Significant Regional Disparities in India.
• Per capita income : Highest per capita income Rs.16,679 in Punjab; lowest
per capita income state Rs.3557 in Bihar
• Female infant mortality varies from 12 in Kerala to 88 in Madhya Pradesh
• Female literacy varies from 33.6% in Bihar to 88% in Kerala.
• Inter-state disparities in the growth of Gross State Domestic Product
(GSDP) increased in the post-reform period compared to the eighties.
• In general, richer states grew faster than the poorer states.
• Causes for disparities;
• Investment in physical and human capital
• Technology
• Institutions including governance

13. Which are the countries that “FREE THE
CHILDREN” organization is involved?
• These are the countries that are involved in are: Sierra
Leone, Kenya, China and Sri Lanka.

14. “We Day” conference
• We Day is an annual "youth empowerment" event.
• Held in cities across Canada, We Day motivates youth to
take action on local and global issues.
• This annual event starts of as a year-long initiative
encouraging students to participate in Free The
Children’s campaigns, which raise awareness for local
and international projects.

15. Problems in Employment
• There are 458 million workers in India in 2004-05
• Out of this 423 million workers are
informal/unorganised workers (92%).
• Growth in employment more in unorganised sector.
• Thus, quality of employment is a problem
• Workers in this sector do not have social security.
• Government is trying to provide minimum social
security to unorganized workers

16. Poverty Targets
2015 poverty targets
Members of the Organisation for Co-operation and
Development (OECD) agreed these after the 1995 Copenhagen
summit. They aim to reduce poverty in third world countries by
at least one half by 2015.
20/20 initiative
At the same summit some governments agreed that 20% of aid
and 20% of the budget of the developing country receiving
that aid would be spent on basic services.

17. Health Care in India
• India has 48 doctors per 100,000 persons which is fewer than in
developed nations
• Wide urban-rural gap in the availability of medical services: Inequity
• Poor facilities even in large Government institutions compared to
corporate hospitals (Lack of funds, poor management, political and
bureaucratic interference, lack of leadership in medical community)

18. Percentage budget share of cereals
Year
Rural
Rural
Urban
Urban
Top 30% Bottom
30%
29.5
38.9
Top 30%
1970-71
Bottom
30%
53.7
1990-91
39.4
18.2
27.6
9.5
1993-94
35.7
15.7
25.6
8.2
2004-05
29.3
12.5
20.6
6.3
13.4

19. Economic development, Education
and Health
•Economic deprivation in a large segment of
population results in poor access to health care.
•Poor educational status leads to non-utilization of
scanty health services and increase in avoidable risk
factors.
•Both are closely related to life expectancy
and IMR.
•Advances in medicine are responsible for no more
than half of the observed improvement in health
indices.

20. Health Care in Developing Countries
• Existing infrastructure for health care needs to be
strengthened. Health should be perceived as an
investment and receive greater budgetary allocation
• Education, safe water and sanitation need priority
• Vaccination coverage to be improved
• Better implementation of national health programs
• Judicious use of the scant resources by promoting most
cost-effective strategies for disease prevention
• Inclusion of all level of stakeholders in planning and policy
making using tremendous human resource available in the
country