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1. POVERTY IN AFRICA

2. INTRODUCTION
People have different views when they hear the word “ poverty’’.
Sometimes we think poverty is only being hungry ,naked and homeless. The
poverty of being unwanted ,unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.
According to Lyndon Leow (Sept1, 2012) ,poverty is the pronounced
deprivation of well-being ,it is not being able to satisfy one’s basic needs .

3. TYPES OF POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
 Absolute poverty refers to the
state of severe deprivation of basic
human needs.
Basic human needs may include
,food ,water ,sanitation , clothing ,
shelter ,healthcare ,education and
information .
RELATIVE POVERTY
Relative poverty refers to as being
below some relative income
threshold ,where this threshold
differs for each society or country.
Relative poverty is often as an
indirect measure of income
inequality.

4. MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
EXPENDITURE METHOD
Under this the minimum food requirement
for survival is estimated.
The food value is converted to calories .
The caloric value of food is the n
converted into the money value.
The total equivalent amount is considered
as a poverty line.
INCOME METHOD
This method is used by the government
while distributing food through PDS at the
local level.
Under this a poverty line is fixed by the
government.
All the families whose total income is less
than the poverty line fixed by the
government are considered as BPL.

5. POVERTY IN AFRICA

6. Continue..Poverty in Africa
With a billion people it counts for about 14.72% of the world’s human population.
Poverty is making Africa no.1 also the number keeps on rising as people increase ,hunger
and death will not stop.
More than 70% of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend o agriculture
for food and livelihood ,yet development assistance to agriculture is decreasing .
In the sub-suharan Africa ,more tha 218 million people live in extreme poverty .
The incidence of poverty in sub-suharan Africa is increasing faster than the population
,overall the pace of poverty reduction in most of Africa has slowed since the 1970’s.

7. MAIN CAUSES OF POVERTY
Political turmoil
HIV
War
Lack of education
Lack of employment
No markets to sell goods

8. SUMMARY
WAYS OF REDUCING POVERTY
• Poverty is passed from one generation to the next ,thus it is important to
identify ways of reducing it.
Quality education
Access to health care
Water and sanitation
Economic security
Increase the wages of low skilled labor or government redistribution policies.

9. THANK YOU

10. REFERENCES
• https://www.slideshare.net/takankhar/poverty-inindia-best
• https://www.slideshare.net/Mulligk6/poverty-in-africa-slideshow
• https://www.slideshare.net/azharisadig/poverty-in-africa-5499291/30-Created_by_Azhari_Mustafa_Sadig
• https://www.slideshare.net/LyndonLeow/causes-and-effects-of-poverty
• https://www.slideshare.net/eliaslim9/poverty-ppt-15958702