ESSENTIAL QUESTION

1. ESSENTIAL QUESTION • What does it mean to be poor? • Is prevention of ever becoming poor possible? • Yes, because… • No, because…

2. Money Per Day… • How would you “live” on just $1.25 per day? • ($456.25 a year) • What would you buy to eat? • What would you buy to wear? • Where would you find affordable living? • Other needs?

3. % of people living on $1.25 or less per day in the world… • Blue = less than 2% Aqua = 2-5% • Yellow = 6-20% Orange = 21-40% • Red = 41-60% Burgundy = 61-80% • Gray = No Data

4. Social Definition of Poverty • Some people describe poverty as a lack of essential items needed for a proper living… • At the UN’s World Summit on Social Development, the ‘Copenhagen Declaration’ described poverty as “…a condition characterized by severe deprivation (lack) of basic human needs: • Food • Safe drinking water • Sanitation facilities • Health • Shelter • Education • Access to Information • When people are deprived of basic human needs they can be considered to be in poverty, regardless of their income.

5. Statistical Definition of Poverty • There are various numerically methods to measure and quantify poverty, but two are simple enough and are often used to define poverty: • I. Relative Poverty measurement • II. Absolute Poverty measurement • Both are based on income or consumption values making gathering information to compile statistics on poverty much easier.

6. Relative Poverty Measurement • The entire population is ranked in order of income per capita (income per person) • The bottom 10% is considered ‘poor’ or ‘impoverished.’ • This works for country-wide measurements, but has drawbacks in global usage: • If, 10% relative poverty measurement was applied in a global setting, both the U.S. and Africa would have the same 10% poverty rate • Even though the conditions of the poor in Africa are much worse than poor conditions in the U.S. • For this reason, absolute poverty measures are more often used to define poverty on a global scale.

7. Absolute Poverty Measurement • There is a set ‘poverty line’ for income and consumption amount per year, based on the estimated necessities for proper living: • Food • Safe drinking water • Sanitation facilities • Health • Shelter • Education • Access to information • Other… • The most commonly used definition of global poverty is the absolute poverty line set by the World Bank. • Poverty is set at an income of $1.25 a day or less

8. Poverty Line: 1-Person Family • $11, 161 • Divided by 365 days… • $30.58 per day • Is it possible to have a proper living?

9. Poverty Line: 2-Person Family • $13, 991 • Divided by 365 days a year… • $38.33 per day • $19.16 per person • Is possible to have a proper living?

10. Poverty Line: 3-Person Family • $17, 098 • Divided by 365 days a year… • $46.84 per day • $15.61 per person • Is it possible to have a proper living?

11. Poverty Line: 4-Person Family • $21,954 • Divided by 365 days a year… • $60.15 per day • $15.04 per person • Is it possible to have a proper living?

12. Poverty Line: 5-Person Family • $25,991 • Divided by 365 days a year… • $71.21 per day • $14.24 per person • Is it possible for a proper living?

13. Poverty Line: 10-Person Family or More… • $44,366 • Divided by 365 days a year… • $121.55 per day • $12. 15 per person • Is it possible for a proper living?

14. Poverty Cycle

15. What Causes Poverty? • CRIME

16. What Causes Poverty? • Lack of Food and Health

17. What Causes Poverty? • Lack of Adequate Housing

18. What Causes Poverty? • Lack of Education

19. What Causes Poverty? • Lack of Efficient Transportation

20. What Causes Poverty? • Environmental Concerns • Global Warming

21. What Are Ways We Can Prevent Poverty (Being Poor)? • List several solutions • Solution #1 • Solution #2 • Solution #3 • Solution #4 • Solution #5 • Other Solutions… • Discussion