Causes of poverty

REVIEW: What are the names of the economic organizations where our country is one of its members?• WTO- World Trade Organization• APEC –Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation• ASEAN-Assoc.of South East Asian Nations• UN-United Nations• ASEAN-EU-ASEAN European• WHO – World Health Organizations• UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization• ESCAP- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

the Pacific. 

• How will you describe a person who is not that well-off?

Developing/Developed

OBJECTIVES

• Discuss the reasons why people suffer from poverty.

• Foster love and effective compassion for the poor.

Activity

• Look for two sentences that will give an idea that will determine the cause of poverty.

He who has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay

him for his good deeds.

Proverbs 20:17

CAUSES OF POVERTY

Changing trends in Economy

• Services sector went up while Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry declined

• OFW’s and consumer spending

• Investments and Trade

LACK OF EDUCATION

• Lack of School Facilities and equipment

• dilapidated classrooms,

• poorly prepared teachers,

• lack of textbooks and

• good educational resources or references

Over Population

Interesting Facts About the Philippine Population

• Other demographical information provided by the CIA (based on 2012 estimate) are the following:

• 34.6% of people in the Philippines is composed of 0 to 14 years old (17,999,279 male and 17,285,040 female)

• 61.1% of people in the Philippines is composed of 15-64 years old (31,103,967 male and 31,097,203 female)

• 4.3% are 65 years old and over (1,876,805 male and 2,471,644 female)

• Population growth rate is 1.873% (2012 estimate), which makes the Philippines ranks as the 63rd country with highest population growth rate in the world.

• Manila is the most populated city in the Philippines with 11.449 million people. Next is Davao City with 1.48 million people, Cebu City with 845,000 people and Zamboanga City with 827,000 people (based on 2009 estimated population)

Environmental problems in the Philippines

• Over fishing and destructive fishing

• Coastal infrastructure development

• Deforestation

• Pollution

Unemployment

• Philippines January 20131/ 

Jan-12

Population 15 years and over (in 000)2/ 63,682 62,683

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 64.1 64.2

Employment Rate (%) 92.9 92.8

Unemployment Rate (%) 7.1 7.2

Underemployment Rate (%) 20.9 18.8

1/ Estimates for January 2013 are preliminary and may change.   

 2/ Population 15 years and over is an estimate taken from the 2000

Census-based population projections.   

BASED ON NSO SURVEY

• The unemployment rate in January 2013 was estimated at 7.1 percent, which is similar to the rate reported in January 2012 (7.2%).  Unemployment rate was highest in NCR at 9.5 percent and lowest in Cagayan Valley at 3.3 percent.  Among the unemployed, 63.6 percent were males.  Almost half (49.3%) of the unemployed were aged 15 to 24 years.

• By educational attainment, one-third or 33.7 percent of the unemployed were high school graduates, 13.1 percent were college undergraduates, while 16.9 percent were college graduates.        

• List the 5 Causes of Poverty in the Philippines

ASSIGNMENT

• Why poverty exist?

• How do it affect the lives of the people?