2. To understand the meaning of “Poverty”.
To know the types of “Poverty” and its
definition.
To locate the cause and effect of “Poverty”.
3. is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of
one who lacks a certain amount of material
possessions or money.
The word poverty comes from old French
“poverte” (Modern French: “pauvrete”),
from Latin “paupertas”, from pauper
(poor).
4. the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable
amount of money or material possessions.
is a condition in which people lack what they need to
live.
5. Absolute Poverty
refers to a set standard which is consistent
over time and between countries.
It is the extreme kind of poverty involving
the chronic lack of basic food, clean
water, health and housing.
6. views poverty as socially defined and
dependent on social context, hence
relative poverty is a measure of income
inequality.
This kind is usually in relation to other
members and families in the society.
7. People or families can be poor because of
some adversities like earthquakes, floods or a
serious illness.
Sometimes, people can help themselves out
of this situation quickly if they are given a bit
of assistance, as the cause of their situations
was just one unfortunate event.
8. This is a more complicated type and we will see a
detailed example here.
This is when poverty is handed over to individuals
and families from generations before them.
In this type, there is usually no escape from it, as
people are rapped in its causes and have no
access to tools that will help them get out of it.
9. Some of the causes of poverty include changing trends in
a country’s economy, lack of education, high divorce rate
which causes feminization of poverty, having a culture of
poverty, overpopulation, epidemic diseases such as AIDS
and malaria, and environmental problems such as lack of
rainfall.
10. The common effects of poverty are: poverty shortens
life expectancies by as much as seven years, poverty
is linked to high child mortality rates, poverty results
in low levels on mental development in children and
poverty increases the chances of dying in accidents.
Poverty is a very common global phenomenon.
