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Understanding Poverty and Hunger: Factors & Impacts

Explore the factors contributing to chronic and temporary poverty and hunger, from lack of education to natural disasters. Learn the extent of governmental aid and generational cycles of poverty. Gain insights into societal structures and their impacts on marginalized communities.

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Understanding Poverty and Hunger: Factors & Impacts

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  1. Thursday, 2/26/04Topic: When are people hungry?

  2. Which factors contribute to chronic poverty/hunger and which to temporary poverty/hunger?

  3. 1. Chronic • Farming less than desirable land • Lack of education • Limited environmental resources • Government policy/injustice • Marginalized farmers internal • Social structure • Population density • Unsanitary conditions • War (civil) • Disease (HIV/AIDS) • No access to nutritious food • Extent of government aid or NGO • Generational cycle

  4. 1. Temporary • Unstable job market • War • Natural disasters • Imprisonment • Disability • Illness • Low-yield harvest • Technology breakdown • Divorce

  5. Anything temporary can be chronic

  6. 2. Chronic • Overpopulation • Unemployment (country with depression, bad economy) • Illness/disease • No access to nutritious food • Lack of social services (education, welfare, health care) • Structure of society (ex. pyramid-like structure, there always have to be people at the bottom, race) • Lack of union, political chaos (ex. war) • No property rights (can’t be self-employed) • Disabilities

  7. 2. Temporary • Natural disasters (floods, famines, drought) • Cyclical lifestyle (farming) • Volatile economy (goods that are produced have volatile prices) • Political chaos (ex. war – short term) • Imprisonment • School lunch program • Divorce – no child support

  8. 3. Chronic • Governmental instability • Extent of government aid • Generational cycles of poverty • Plagues/diseases (I.e. HIV/AIDS) • Access to healthcare • Access to education

  9. 3. Temporary • Natural disasters • Seasonal weather fluctuations • War/social uprising • Employment (low wages, unemployment) • Family breadwinner becomes sick/dies

  10. 4. To what extent is poverty/hunger…

  11. 4. Chronic? • Almost in all cases • In U.S. – the stigma that is put on poor people • Population growth • Lack of education, health care • Other countries – livelihood in agriculture • No high-paying jobs • Lack of education, health care

  12. 4. Temporary? • Very rarely • Reasons • Unemployment • Seasonal/migrant workers • Divorce • Drought/natural disasters • School lunch and breakfast programs for children not available in the summer

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