Poverty Term Paper
Outline
I. Introduction A. Significance of the Study B. What is Poverty? C. History of Poverty in the Philippines D. Demographics of Poverty
II. Entrenched factors associated with poverty A. Colonial Histories B. Centralization of Power C. Corruption D. Warfare E. Environmental degradation F. Social Inequality
III. Lethal and Long-term Effect of Poverty A. Health B. Education C. Housing D. Violence E. Substance/Drug Abuse
IV. Poverty Diminution/Reduction A. Holistic Approach B. Economic Liberalization C. Good Institutions
V. Conclusion
VI. Bibliography
I. INTRODUCTION
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.” [1]
Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life. Since poverty is understood in many senses, these essentials may be material resources such as food, safe drinking water, and shelter, or they may be social resources such as access to information, education, health care, social status, political power, or the opportunity to develop meaningful connections with other people in society.
Poverty may also be defined in relative terms. In this view income disparities or wealth disparities are seen as an indicator of poverty and the condition of poverty is linked to questions of
I. Introduction A. Significance of the Study B. What is Poverty? C. History of Poverty in the Philippines D. Demographics of Poverty
II. Entrenched factors associated with poverty A. Colonial Histories B. Centralization of Power C. Corruption D. Warfare E. Environmental degradation F. Social Inequality
III. Lethal and Long-term Effect of Poverty A. Health B. Education C. Housing D. Violence E. Substance/Drug Abuse
IV. Poverty Diminution/Reduction A. Holistic Approach B. Economic Liberalization C. Good Institutions
V. Conclusion
VI. Bibliography
I. INTRODUCTION
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.” [1]
Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life. Since poverty is understood in many senses, these essentials may be material resources such as food, safe drinking water, and shelter, or they may be social resources such as access to information, education, health care, social status, political power, or the opportunity to develop meaningful connections with other people in society.
Poverty may also be defined in relative terms. In this view income disparities or wealth disparities are seen as an indicator of poverty and the condition of poverty is linked to questions of
Bibliography: [1] C.S. Lewis, “The Jesus I Never Knew” by Philip Yancey, (Michigan: Zondervan Grand Rapids, 1995), p. 111 look at the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of the QR and the reduction in tariffs on rice imports [3] Tricia Ellis-Christensen, What is Poverty?, Poverty Line (United States: www.geekwise.com, 2003), p.1 [4] Theodore Dalrymple, What is Poverty?, (England: www.cityjournal.org, 1999), p.2 [8] Smith, Stephen C., Ending Global Poverty: a guide to what works, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), p.25 II. ENTRENCHED FACTORS ASSICIATED WITH POVERTY