The document discusses poverty, its causes and effects, as well as strategies to reduce poverty. It defines poverty as the state of not having enough money to meet basic needs like food, clothing and shelter. This can result in issues such as lack of education, healthcare access, and clean water. Poverty is caused by factors like unemployment, climate change, corruption, and diseases. It affects human development through high crime rates, human trafficking, hunger, and lack of education. The document proposes strategies to reduce poverty, such as providing social services, education, healthcare, clean water, and supporting small businesses and farmers.

1. POVERTY
BY
NIKIWE SENTLO

2. INTRODUCTION
NAME: NIKIWE
SURNAME: SENTLO
EMAIL: nikiwerebeccasentlo@gmail.com
STUDENT #: 2021/2404

3. What is poverty?
• It is the state of not having enough money to meet
basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. This
result to lack of education, access to basic health
care, social injustice and lack of access to clean and
save water.

4. Effects of poverty
• corruption: the act of giving some one money as a
favor because you want him to do something for you.
E.g. bribery- payment to get a better or faster service.
• Unemployment: both educated and uneducated
individuals who are employable search for jobs but
unable to find them. e.g. Educated people work jobs
that do not suit their qualifications.

5. Effects of poverty on human
development
• Human trafficking: trading of human beings with the
aim of exploiting them for profit. E.g. labor force,
sex slaves
• High crime rate: the rate at which unlawful act
increases. E.g. murder and theft cases

6. Continuation of poverty effects
• Inflation: an increase in prices of goods and services.
E.g. basic needs such as food.
• Hunger: physical weakness and illness caused by lack
of food.
• Lack of education
• Poor technology. For example; farming tools and
irrigation machines.

7. Causes of poverty
• Unemployment
• Climate change causes drought that leads to low
production of crops
• Pandemic diseases such as covid-19
• Corruption such as bribery
• Extortion: keep on giving money because of your past.
• Favoritism: only people who are favored will get job.

8. Poverty reduction strategies
• Old pension funds
• Small organization
• Cash rounds
• Civil society
• Farmers given fertilizers
• Free primary education
• Prevent soil erosion by building trees and donga.

9. Continuation of poverty reduction
• Environmental support: more trees should be
planted to prevent soil erosion and also to release
more oxygen that reduce carbon dioxide in the air in
order to keep ozone layer save.
• Ensure basic health care: availability of affordable
health services everywhere.
• Educate children: children should be educated for
them to be in access to job opportunities and also to
prevent early marriage.

10. Continuation of poverty reduction
• Provide save and clean water: water should be
purified and stored safely to prevent water bone
diseases.
• Improved childhood nutrition

11. Poverty theories
• Structural theory: this theory suggests that poverty is
caused by social, economic structures that create
inequality. Such as limited access to education and
job opportunities.
• Cultural theory: this theory argues that poverty is
caused by certain cultural values and beliefs that lead
individuals to make poor decisions such as not
investing in education or saving money.

12. Continuation of poverty theories
• Individual theory: this theory suggest that poverty is
caused by individual factors such as lack of ambition
or poor decision making, poor budgeting, greed,
laziness and quit school.

13. REFERENCES
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