mls 2b - group 4 - poverty (revised
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POVERTY (REVISED)TRANSCRIPT
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MLS 2-B ( GROUP 4 ) ENOC ELECCION TENEFRANCIA GALANTO OLIVARES
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POVERTY
Poverty fails to meet a federally established threshold that differs across countries.
It is measured with respect to families and not the individual, and is adjusted for the number of persons in a family .
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HOW TO MEASURE POVERTY
Survey
a representative sample of people
are asked to answer questions
on their income and spending.
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HOW TO MEASURE POVERTY
United Nations Poverty Index
combines measures such as life expectancy, literacy, long term unemployment and relative income.
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HOW TO MEASURE POVERTY
Budget Standard Approach
a poverty line is calculated based on the cost of a specific basket of goods and services that are considered by experts, to represent a basic living standard.
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HOW TO MEASURE POVERTY
Social Security Poverty Line
when lowest level of social welfarepayment is used as equivalent to a poverty line.
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HOW TO MEASURE POVERTY
Food Ratio Method
where the poor are distinguished from the non poor by the proportion of their money spent on necessities such as food, clothes and shelter.
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Types of Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Situational Poverty
Generational or Chronic Poverty
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Absolute Poverty
Chronic lack of basic food, clean water, health and housing
Experience lot of child deaths from preventable diseases like cholera and water-contamination related diseases.
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Absolute Poverty
This type of poverty is usually long term in nature
Often handed to them by generations before them.
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Relative Poverty
This kind is usually in relation to other members and families in the society.
Cannot afford vacations, or cannot buy presents for children at Christmas, or cannot send its young to the university.
They have access to government support for food, water, medicine and free housing but they are still considered poor because the rest of the community have access to superior services and amenities.
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Situational Poverty
People or families can be poor because of some adversities like earthquakes, floods or a serious illness.
Sometimes, people can help themselves out of this situation quickly if they are given a bit of assistance.
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Generational or Chronic Poverty
This is a more complicated type of poverty.
This is when poverty is handed over to individuals and families from generations before them.
People in this type of poverty are usually trapped in its causes.
Have no access to tools that will get them out of this situation.
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Causes of poverty
Rural to urban migration
- Families find little progress in their community and decide to migrate.
Individual circumstances and characteristics
- Due to personal circumstances like the poor were born poor.
- another set of individual factors.
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Tragedy - Families who fall victims to tragic calamities and disasters.
National economy - The direct relationship between citizenry and their national economy. - The economic growth rate should always surpass inflation rate to enable the citizenry to maintain, even improve, their living standards. - Those who become jobless lose their income and living standards, and then become poor.
Causes of poverty
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Causes of poverty
High population growth
- A high population density pressures the available resources in the country, as the resources can only support a certain number of people.
Low wages - People who work for a low pay are inevitably poor even though the have no families to support.
Discrimination in the workplace - An unemployment issue that contributes to the ranks of the poor is discrimination in the workplace. - People are denied the chance to show their worth at work and value to the employer.
A.) Graduates of other schools B.) Women
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History
War & political instability
National Debt
Corruption
National economy
Income distribution
Causes of poverty
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High population growth
Rural to urban migration
Tragedy
Low wages
Discrimination in the workplace
Individual circumstances and characteristics
Causes of poverty
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no school or education
child labor to help the parents
lack of basic hygiene
transmission of diseases
homelessness
teenage pregnancy
early marriage on girls
prostitution on girls
Individual
Effects of Poverty
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Crippling accidents due to unsafe working environments
Violence and crime
Poor housing
The poor in slum areas dispose their household garbage and even human wastes.
Community
Effects of Poverty
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High Infant Mortality and Annual Death Rate
Increased risk of war
Low economy
Country
Effects of Poverty
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STATISTICAL UPDATES
World Updates
Source : World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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STATISTICAL UPDATES
ASIA Updates (www.worldbank .org.ph)
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STATISTICAL UPDATES
Philippines Updates
Poorest place:
Located in
Mindanao
Least poorest :
Luzon
SOURCE : National Statistics Coordination Board
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STATISTICAL UPDATES
Philippines Updates (National Statistics Coordination Board)
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STATISTICAL UPDATES
Philippines Updates (National Statistics Coordination Board)
Lanao - 68.9%
Apayao - 59.8%
Eastern Samar - 59.4%
Maguindanao - 57.8%
Zamboanga del Norte 50.3%
Davao Oriental - 48%
Ifugao - 47.5%
Sarangani - 46.5%
Negros Oriental- 45.3%
Masbate - 44.2%
North Cotabato - 43.9%
Northern Samar- 43.7%
Bukidnon - 43.3%
Lanao del Norte - 42.5%
Sultan Kudarat - 41.6%
POOREST Province in the Philippines in the first 6 month of the Year 2012
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
10. TOGO REASONS :
lack of sustainable political system lack of leadership qualities in their rulers and many more which lead them to this situation
Its income per capita is 898 dollars which is below the poverty line
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
9. MALAWI
It is one of the poorest countries of the world due to certain reasons one of them is the poor communication system.
Its income per capita is 860$
REASONS :
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
8. SIERRE LEONE REASONS:
Its income per capita is below the poverty line and still it is considered to be one of the best exporters of the world.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
7. ERITREA REASON:
Eritrea is an African country and its economy is based on agriculture. Metal is one main thing that this country exports in the world.
Its income per capita is 777 dollars.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
6. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
REASONS: Its main economy is based on agriculture.
The main reasons for its economic downfall is lack of honesty of their rulers with their public , lack of good administration , different diseases are growing in this region and AIDS is one of them.
Its income per capita is 767 dollars.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
5. BURUNDI REASONS:
Having a population greater than its economy.
lack of good political system
high rate of corruption.
population so they are dying of hunger.
Its income per capita is 614 $
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
4. NIGER REASONS:
Having a great issue of gender discrimination making it a very hard place for women to survive.
It is one of the land locked countries and has income per capita below the poverty line.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
3. LIBERIA REASON:
This country has faced many civil wars and the one happened in 1989 not destroyed its whole economy
Income per capita of 49$.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
2. ZIMBABWE REASONS:
Faced many civil wars
economic situation worst.
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TOP 10 Countries with HIGH Poverty Level
1. CONGO Congo commonly known as DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO comes at the top of this list of TOP POOREST COUNTRY OF THE WORLD.
capita per income of 348$ and its reasons for its economic downfall is the same as the reasons stated above.
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Employment generation
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Drawing on various social institutions to fund poverty fighting programs
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Transparency in government spending
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Cancelling
impossible to repay
world debts
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Prioritizing programs that target fundamental human rights
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SOLUTION TO POVERTY
Taxing the rich more and the poor less