Poverty is a major problem in South Asia, home to over 450 million of the world's poor. More than 22% of the world's population lives in South Asia, but the region contains over 44% of the world's impoverished. Poverty is caused by factors such as overpopulation straining limited resources, weak economic development due to poor government policies and corruption, lack of education and opportunities, and natural disasters. The large numbers of people in South Asia who cannot contribute to the economy due to poverty, illiteracy, and overpopulation pose challenges for economic growth in countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Maldives. Potential solutions include providing more education and opportunities, reducing corruption,

1. Issues in South Asia
Presented by Maryam Bibi
Department Bs English 4th

2. Poverty in South Asia

3. What is Poverty?
• Poverty is the world at its worst when
people are deprived of basic
everyday things that we take for
granted like food, water, shelter,
money, and clothes.

4. What is Poverty?
Poverty is hunger.
• lack of shelter.
• being sick and not being able to see a doctor.
• not having access to school and not knowing how to
read.
• not having a job
• losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water.
• powerlessness,
• lack of representation and freedom.

5. Poverty in South Asia
One of the most intractable problems facing the
region is poverty. Although South Asia has 22% of the
world’s population it contains more than 44% of the
world’s poor. More than four hundred and fifty
million South Asians live below the poverty line, it
includes those who earn $1 or less a day.

6. Causes of Poverty
• Poverty is a problem in South Asia due to the
population strain on limited land and other
resources, and weak economic development caused
by faulty government policies and corruption.

7. Causes of Poverty
• Lack of education
• Poverty is also caused natural disasters by drugs and
alcohol
• Lack of money because some people spend all their
money
• Greed on addictions .
• No opportunities provided
• Overpopulation

8. Effects on economic growth
• How will be economy of the suffering countries of
South Asia( Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Maldives ) where the large number of population
can't contribute in economic growth due to poverty,
illiteracy and overpopulation.

9. Solutions To Poverty
• No war
• Ask the government to do a lot more about poverty
• Donate things you don’t use to charity
• Donate food that wont spoil to food banks
• Education
• Lots of opportunities