EMILY ODTOHAN

Contents

Definition of Poverty
Causes of Poverty
Effects of Poverty
Solutions to Poverty
Poverty in Foreign Countries
What is poverty?
Poverty is pronounced deprivation in well-being, and
comprises many dimensions. It includes low incomes and
the inability to acquire the basic goods and services
necessary for survival with dignity. Poverty also
encompasses low levels of health and education, poor
access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical
security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and
opportunity to better ones life.

---World Bank
 Poverty is a very serious problem that must immediately
be dealt with in order to minimize its effects.

Poverty takes a great toll not only on the poor but also the
country as a whole

Although difficult, poverty MAY STILL besolved thus WE

MUST act quickly to solve this problem
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs
Overpopulation
Inequality or Income
Distribution
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs The political system here is
Overpopulation immensely corrupt, the leaders of
the country whether it be local or
Inequality or Income national level uses the power to
simply get away from trouble by
Distribution buying the justice system.
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs
There is a corresponding
Overpopulation deficiency in schools and
classrooms, Public school is free,
Inequality or Income but families still cannot afford to
Distribution send their children for a
complicated network of reasons.
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs
Philippine economy is growing
Overpopulation but this did not necessarily improve the
quality of jobs. The problem has been
Inequality or Income that the jobs that are available are not
meeting the aspirations of the people
Distribution because it is temporary, casual, informal,
precarious and low-paid, often with very
little or no social protection.
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs
The Philippines has one of the
Overpopulation fastest growing populations in Southeast
Asia. From having fifty million inhabitants
Inequality or Income in 1980, the Philippines today is home to
around ninty million people with 11 million
Distribution living in Manila only and are already
running out of space.
CAUSES OF POVERTY

Corruption
Lack of Quality
Education
Lack of Jobs
Overpopulation In the Philippines, the
gap between the rich and poor
Inequality or Income is widest.

Distribution
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Corruption Poor Citizens

Lack of Quality Poor Economic
Education Growth
Lack of Jobs Child Labor
Overpopulation Crimes
Inequality or Income Malnutrition
Distribution
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Poor Citizens
Poor Economic
Growth
Child Labor
Because of these corruptions, funds
are getting short for health, education, Crimes
Malnutrition
agriculture, and other important matters that is
supposed to be used for the improvement of
the country
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Poor Citizens
Poor Economic
Growth
Since weve been trained to do things
Child Labor
other people are already doing, we fear to
change our direction, we fear to challenge the
Crimes
norm. We fear to be left out, we fear to be
criticized. These fears are the ones that makes Malnutrition
us stagnant in terms of knowledge, innovation,
self development, and other things that
contributes to being financially poor.
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Poor Citizens
Poor Economic
Growth
Child Labor
Crimes
Childrens are deprive in their
childhood, they were force to work at
young age. According to the National
Statistics Office (NSO) there are currently
around 5.5 million child laborers aged 5
Malnutrition
17 in the country, around 3 million of whom
are exposed to environments that are
considered hazardous
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Poor Citizens
Poor Economic
Growth
Child Labor
People performs crime as their
escape to poverty, such as, robbery,
Crimes
illegal use of drugs, human trafficking
and so on
Malnutrition
 EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Poor Citizens
Poor Economic
Growth
Child Labor
An estimated 7 million children across Crimes
Malnutrition
the Philippines currently experience hunger and
malnutrition, this public health problem is largely
driven by inadequate access to nutritious food,
lack of nutrition education, and poor health and
sanitation services.
SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY
The first thing is to ensure that every child gets a full education
provide ways to improve the integrity of the justice system. It always seems
that those who are in power simply get away from trouble by buying the
justice system.
create jobs that provides formal, permanent, well-paid, and offering social
protection to everyone
Government and agencies should have undergo major reform to fight poverty
Government should recheck the poverty framework and include strategies to
fight poverty, reform institutions to enhance coordination, improve efficiency
and lessen corruption.
it ias said that we should address poverty specifically per area so that each
place receives the care it needs,and may allow to get rid of poverty more
easily in those places
TOP 10 POOREST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
1. Central Africa
2. Democratic Republic of Congo
3. Burundi
4. Liberia
5. Niger
6. Malawi
7. Mazambique
8. Guinea
9. Eritrea
10. Madagascar
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