POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD

Group Members: Hussnain Ali Obaid Ullah Hamza Raja M.Kamran Rasheed

What is Poverty?Poverty is the lack of basic necessities that all human beings

must have: Food and waterShelterEducation Medical care Security, etc.

CONT.A multi-dimensional issue, poverty exceeds all social, economic,

and political boundaries.

In 1997 the richest fifth of the world’s population had 74 times the income of the poorest fifth.

According to these estimates, 21 percent of people in the developing world lived at or below $1.25 a day.

People who earn their living by collecting and sorting garbage and selling them for recycling, Manila, Philippines

Type Of povertyAbsolute poverty.

Lack of basic Human needs, like clean Water, Nutrition, Health Care, Education, Clothing and Shelter

Relative poverty The Condition of having fewer resources or lesser income as compared to others within a society or a country or as compared to worldwide averages

Percentage of people living below the poverty lineEurope and Central Asia

3.5%Latin America and Caribbean

23.5%Sub-Saharan Africa

38.5%Middle East and North Africa

4.1%South Asia

43.1%

Causes & Effects:Unfair trade agreements.Lack of technology. Lack of investment.Rapidly changing prices for their goods. Lack of Better Transport.Companies look for low-cost countries to invest in. This can mean

that, though there are jobs, they are low-paid.

WAR:When a country is at war

(including civil war) basic services like

education are disrupted.

People leave their homes as refugees.

Crops are destroyed.

Unemployment:Unemployment leads to financial crisis and reduces the

overall purchasing capacity of a nation. This in turn results in poverty followed by increasing burden of debt.

Lack of employment opportunities and the consequential income disparity bring about mass poverty in most of the developing and under developed economies of the world.

WORLD POPULATION:

CONT.Poverty increases the risk of homelessness.There are over 100 million street children worldwide.

Street child in Bangladesh

Illiteracy:Lack Of

education leads to inequality

Problems & Solution:TerrorismHomelessness

CONT.

Diseases:

Poverty Solutions Employment Generation

 Transparency in Government Spending

Zakat

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-

being of him/(her)self and his/(her) family,Including:

foodclothingHousingMedical care and necessary social servicesEveryone has the right to education.

Thank You.