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Poverty

This document discusses poverty around the world and in India. It provides statistics showing that half the world's population lives on less than $2 per day, and nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read or write. The causes of poverty include lack of economic growth, political instability, lack of infrastructure, and lack of access to education. The effects of poverty include families working from dawn to dusk with little money left over, perpetuating an endless cycle of poverty from one generation to the next. The document discusses measures that can help reduce poverty such as job training programs, strengthening education policies, and increasing access to loans and financial services.

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Poverty

This document discusses poverty around the world and in India. It provides statistics showing that half the world's population lives on less than $2 per day, and nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read or write. The causes of poverty include lack of economic growth, political instability, lack of infrastructure, and lack of access to education. The effects of poverty include families working from dawn to dusk with little money left over, perpetuating an endless cycle of poverty from one generation to the next. The document discusses measures that can help reduce poverty such as job training programs, strengthening education policies, and increasing access to loans and financial services.

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INTRODUCTION
Poverty is here to stay.
 Half the world’s population, about 3 billion,

live on less than $2 per day.


 Malnutrition, lack of health care, substandard

housing, and illiteracy breed desperation,


disease and daily suffering.
 Poverty traps future generations in a vicious

cycle without hope or opportunity.


Poverty Statistics
 Almost 30,000 children under the age of five die
every day from malnutrition and preventable
diseases. That’s one kindergarten class every minute.
 Approximately 790 million people in the developing
world are chronically undernourished. That’s the
equivalent of every single person in both North and
South America going hungry every day.
 Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century
unable to read a book or sign their names.
What is Poverty?
(Conceptualized broadly, taking into account income & its impact in
terms of human deprivation, development, and quality of life)

 The term “poorest” or  The term “poor”


“very poor” refers to means those living
people living on less in poverty above $1
than $1 per day or in
the bottom half of
per day or in the
those living below upper half of those
their nation’s poverty living below their
line. nation’s poverty
line.
Causes of Poverty
 Decline in overall  Lack of infrastructure
national growth  Lack of relevant laws &
 Political instability administrative procedures
 Natural disasters
 Lack of access to
investment & credit, to
 Corruption complete market
 Socio-economic information, and to
disparities and prejudices opportunities to develop
skills
 Lack of access to
education
Effects of Poverty
 Without the security of formal jobs, each day the poor work
from dawn to dusk
 All or most of the money earned go to basic survival. There is
little or no money left to improve quality of life
 Living in poverty almost always means that the harsh reality of
today will repeat itself tomorrow.
 Poverty breeds poverty. If one cannot afford proper nutrition
or health care for one’s family, children grow up at greater risk
of acquiring a life-threatening or disabling disease.
 If one cannot afford to educate one’s children, they will have
few avenues for a life different than that of their parents.
 If one cannot afford to buy one’s own land or home or
livestock, there are few opportunities to build assets that will
last over time.
Can poverty be reduced?

Can economic growth reduce


poverty?
Poverty Reduction
Objectives:
 Eradicating extreme Poverty and Hunger
 Achieve universal primary Education
 Promote gender equality
 Reduce child mortality
 Improve women’s reproductive health
 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
 Ensure environment sustainability
 Develop a global partnership for development
Measures for Poverty Reduction
 Tariff reforms
 Livelihood training
 Strengthening the state education policy.
 Enactment of laws,promoting the welfare, protection, and
development of working youth.
 The poor should have greater access to the financial products and
services that help the gap when times are tough.
 Greater reliance on entrepreneurial skill of the people in nation-
building
 Access to loans or credit; shop-owners cannot buy products in bulk
and farmers cannot buy machinery or even seeds after a natural
disaster or a poor harvest.
Poverty in the States of India
 One half of India’s poor is located
the three states of Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh
 Maharashtra, West Bengal and

Orissa account for 22.5% of


poverty
Why is this Happening
 Even though India’s economy is growing there
wealth distribution is uneven
 1/4 of the nation's population earns less than
the government-specified $0.40/day
 Unemployment and underemployment
 Over-reliance on agriculture
 High population growth rate
Positive Things Happening in
India: Middle Class
 Currently India adds 40 million people to its
middle class every year
 estimated 300 million Indians now belong to
the middle class
 one-third of them have emerged from poverty
in the last ten years
 It is predicted that by 2025 the Majority of
Indians will live in middle class

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