This document defines and describes poverty. It notes that poverty refers to a lack of material possessions or money needed to meet basic needs like food, water, shelter and healthcare. Absolute poverty means deprivation of basic human needs, while relative poverty is defined within a particular society or location. The document then discusses characteristics of poverty like hunger, lack of education, poor housing, and causes and effects like unemployment, stress, and increased risk of violence and human trafficking. It provides statistics on poverty rates in Pakistan and solutions like employment generation, government spending transparency, and developing agriculture and industry.

1. Poverty

2. GROUP MEMBERS
MOHSIN SIDDIQUI (9775)
SYED JUNAID HUSSAIN (9796)
HAFIZ HARIS REHMAN (9750)
 MIRZA HAIDER ALI (9758)
MAHA AHRAR (9837)
RANA HUZAIBIA (9768)
MEHRAB KHAN (9783)

3. What is poverty?
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material
possessions or money.
 People all over the world are dying because they cannot afford
the necessary resources they need to survive.
Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic
human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation,
clothing, shelter, health care and education.
Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in
the location or society in which people live.

4. CHRACTERISTIC OF POVERTY:
• Introduction
• Hunger
• Education
• Housing
• Causes
• Effects
• Violence

5. INTRODUCTION
A state or condition in which a
person or community lacks
the financial resources and
essentials to enjoy a minimum
standard of life and well-being
that's considered acceptable in
society.
For example a person may not
have enough money to pay his
bills.

6. Born poor
Bad
nourishment
Misses school
Less qualified
Family break up Large families
Low paid, difficult work
Early parenthood
Bad area to live in
Criminal record
Criminality for money
ill health Cycle Of
Poverty

7. Hunger
Hunger is the physical
sensation of desiring food.
When politicians, relief
workers and social scientists
talk about people suffering
from hunger, they usually
refer to those who, for
sustained periods, are
unable to eat sufficient food
to meet basic nutritional
needs.

8. HOUSING
Poverty increases the risk of
homelessness. Slum-dwellers, who make
up a third of the world's urban population,
live in a poverty no better, if not worse,
than rural people, who are the traditional
focus of the poverty in the developing
world,
There are over 100 million street
children worldwide. Most of the children
living in institutions around the world have
a surviving parent or close relative, and
they most commonly entered orphanages
because of poverty

9. Effects of Poverty in Education
Feeling inferior
Students are feeling shame when they don’t have thing
and equipment and book and it’s an effect of poverty
Illiteracy
Poverty make illiteracy because people don’t have a
money for give the education to his child.

10. EDUCATION DIFFERENCE
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book and sign their
names.
EDUCATION FOR POOR CLASS FOR HIGH CLASS

11. CAUSES
• Lack of Education
The literacy rate of Pakistan is very low. Most of people do
not have any concept about the modern earning sources.
Most people are unable to adopt technology for their
business needs, that’s why business don’t meet
international standards and results as decrease in revenue
which lead the society to poor financial conditions.
• Unemployment
Unemployment is the major cause of poverty.
Unemployment means no source of income and result is
poverty. Rate of unemployment is 5.5 %, 16 % is
underemployed and 20 % is disguised unemployed in
Pakistan.

12. EFFECTS
A problem of unemployment
become a commonplace in
newspapers to blame poverty of
fueling terrorism by creating a state
of misery and frustration that
pushes people to join terrorist
organizations.
Poor families experience much
more stress than middle-class
families. Besides financial
uncertainty, these families are
more likely to be exposed to series
of negative events and “bad luck,”
including illness, depression,
eviction, job loss, criminal
victimization.

13. Violence
According to the reports, many women become victims of
trafficking. The most common form of which is Prostitution as a mean of survival
and economic desperation.
Deterioration of living conditions can often compel children to abandon school
in order to contribute family income.
E.g. Slavery and Human trafficking.
Lack of adequate governance
 Feudalism
 Poverty and Islamic militancy
 Inequality and natural disasters

14. Poverty and Corruption

15. Poverty starts Overpopulation

16. Poverty Rate in World
Number of children in the world
2.2 Billion
Number of children in poverty
1 billion (every second child)
Total Percentage of World Population that lives on less than $2.50 a
day 50%
According to UNICEF about 22,000 children die each day due to
poverty
Total Percentage of People that live on less than $10 a day 80%

17. Poverty Rate in Pakistan
More than 34% peoples are poor
Baluchistan 52%
Sindh 33%
K.P.K 32%
Punjab 19%
 33 per cent of household are living below the poverty line
58.7 million people.

18. Poverty Solutions
Employment Generation
To decrease the volume of poverty
government should make the employment
opportunities
 Transparency in Government Spending
To the decrease of poverty accountability
should be there to transpire the spending of
government.

19. Poverty Solutions
Cancelling impossible to repay world
debts
Government must be concern on his one income and
Finance not go for loads to world band or (IMF)
Development of agriculture and industrial sector
will reduce the poverty in Pakistan.
 Zakat
Zakat is best way to decreases the ratio of poverty.

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