Poverty is the lack of basic necessities like food, water, shelter, education and healthcare. Third world countries, located mostly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, have high rates of poverty. Four factors that cause poverty in third world countries are income inequality, conflicts, natural disasters, and lack of education and healthcare access. Poverty has major impacts like hunger, lack of sanitation, high birth rates, unemployment, and social issues. Bangladesh is used as an example, with 13% of its 165 million people living below $2 per day. Reducing poverty requires job creation, income redistribution, skills training, and microcredit programs.

1. Presentation
on
Poverty of Third World Country
Presented By:
Md. Masudur Rahman

2. Poverty

3. What is Poverty
 Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all
human beings must have: food and water, shelter,
education, medical care, security, etc.

4. Third World Countries
 The exact origin of the term “Third World
Countries” is still unclear.
 Today the term refer to the less developed or
developing countries. These are the nations
that emerged from their colonial periods –
at least politically.

5. Third World Countries
It can be noticed that Third World countries are mostly from Africa, Asia and
Latin America

6. Poverty in third world countries
Developing countries have common characteristics. And these
are the root cause of their poverty
4.4 billion people live in developing countries.
Three-fifths lack basic sanitation
A quarter do not have adequate housing
Almost one third have no access to clean water

7. Factors that cause poverty
 Income inequality
If the national income is not equally distributed
among all communities in the country, there is a risk
that poorer communities will end up poorer, and
individuals will feel it most.

8. Factors that cause poverty
 Conflicts and Unrests
About 33% of communities in absolute poverty live
in places of conflict and unrest. In recent years,
Afghanistan, Iraq and the like are all going through
difficult times.

9. Factors that cause poverty
 Natural disasters
Droughts, floods, hurricanes and other unexpected
natural events cause deaths, illness and loss of
income

10. Factors that cause poverty
 Ill Health and Disability
Poverty can also get worse if communities are
affected with diseases such as Malaria and HIV aids.

11. Factors that cause poverty
 High Illiteracy
In the absence of training, skills or education, people
cannot help themselves. The result is that their
poverty situation is worse .

12. Factors that cause poverty
 Gender discrimination
In many communities, girls were not allowed to be in
school. Women were also not allowed to do major
economic activity. This idea negatively impacts on
the well-being of women.

13. Impact of Poverty
 Hunger, Health and Deaths.
Absolute poverty results in extreme hunger,
starvation and malnutrition.
 Sanitation problems – In Bangladesh, for
example, poor people point out the scarcity of
latrines.
 Lack of Safe Water

14. Impact of Poverty
 High Birth Rate
The less developed countries
have very high birth rates.

15. Impact of Poverty
 Social and Political
Relative poverty may cause people to indulge in
social vices such as

16. Impact of Poverty
 High Unemployment increases

17. Poverty in Bangladesh
 Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely
populated countries with 165 million people, 13% of
whom live below the national poverty line of US$2
per day

18. Poverty in Bangladesh

19. Reducing Poverty
Poverty cannot be completely eradicated, as it
largely caused by human factors.
 Create Jobs.
 Raise the minimum wage

20. Reducing Poverty (Continue…)
 Income redistribution
 Provision of skills and Training
 Microcredit-small, low interest loans to poor
entrepreneurs introduced by Nobel Prize
winner M. Yunus, helps many people to
reduce poverty.

21. Poverty on third world countries…..s
“The amount of money the
UK spends
On chocolate each year
could make Africa
NOT live in poverty”