What are the causes of extreme poverty, and what policies have

been most effective for improving the lives of the poorest of the

poor?

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What is Extreme Poverty?

• The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than 1.25 US dollars (or £1) per day.

Africa

Why is Africa poor?

• Desertification• Civil War• Corruption & Poor Leadership• HIV/AIDS• Other Diseases

Desertification

• Somalia• Mali• Ethiopia

War

• Angola• Uganda• Sierra leone• Congo• Sudan• Somalia

Corruption & Poor leadership

• Nigeria

HIV/AIDS

• Zambia• Zimbabwe• Botswana• Lesotho• South Africa• Namibia

Diseases

• Malaria• Sleeping sickness• Typhoid• Cholera

U.N

• Tools• Fertilizers• Seeds• Silos• Knowledge• A decent road to market.

Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger• Achieve universal primary education• Promote gender equality and empower women• Reduce child mortality• Improve maternal health• Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other

diseases• Ensure environmental sustainability• Deadline 2015

The New Partnership for Africa’s development (NEPAD) & (AU)

• NEPAD and the AU aim to tackle HIV/AIDS, reduce poverty and sustain long-term economic growth. It’s committed to governance and promoting peace and security.

Progress

• Mozambique (Reduced poverty from 70% to 55%)

• Kenya (Introduced free primary education)• Tanzania (1000 new schools have been built

and 18,000 teachers recruited)• Uganda (Reduced HIV from 20% to around

6.5%)

References

• John Adam, 2010. “Why is Africa so poor?” • Smith Jennifer, 2008. “ Facts on poverty in

Africa”• “Poverty in Africa: diseases: malaria: Facts -

child poverty in Africa”• Madhurima Ganguly, 2011. “Poverty in Africa”

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