CONCEPTS‚ MEASUREMENT AND CAUSES OF POVERTY BY Prof. D. O. Ajakaiye and Dr. V. A. Adeyeye 1. BACKGROUND Thoughts on appropriate conceptualization‚ measurement and accurate characterization of determinants of poverty have a long history. From analytical perspective‚ thinking about poverty can be traced back at least to the codification of poor laws in medieval England‚ through to the pioneering empirical studies‚ at the turn of the century‚ by Booth in London and by Rowntree in York. Rowntree’s study
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Literature Review From the time of independence‚ India has been suffering from acute poverty‚ most of it is chronic in nature. If we look at the percentage of people below the poverty line‚ we do notice a sharp fall‚ but the absolute number remains increasing at a high rate. The situation keeps aggravating despite of several poverty alleviation programs that are implemented every year. The main reason for such failure‚ apart from the implementation issues‚ would be the measurement and numbers on
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The Effects of Poverty on Children Liberty University Human Services 500-C06 Dr. Sheila Speight Kathy V. Jones April 6‚ 2012 Abstract Why should it matter that our country has not been able to ensure that every child has a safe and nurturing childhood? The percentage of children living in poverty in the United States has risen significantly in the last few years. The negative long term effects of poverty can extend from
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developing economy’[1]. For the purpose of this paper I will be discussing what progress has been made in reducing poverty in India over the last two decades. Poverty can be defined by ‘a condition in which a person or community is deprived of‚ or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life.’[2] Our understanding can be further developed by the concept of a poverty-line. This is the threshold of ‘the money an individual needs to achieve the minimum level of welfare’ and
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Poverty and Crime What causes crime? Does poverty cause crime? Or does crime cause poverty? Some feel that poverty causes crime. Others though‚ feel that crime rates have nothing to do with poverty and that crime may actually cause poverty. If poverty causes crime than why are crime rates lower in poor third world countries than in wealthy super powers? Robert Rector feels that it is not poverty that causes crime but the anti-poverty programs that cause crime. He feels that the United States has
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feminisation of poverty? The feminisation of poverty is a term which relates to a phenomenon in which women represent the disproportionate percentages of the global poor. The term is thought to be dated back to the 1970s‚ however it wasn’t popularized until the late 1990s. The causes of this phenomenon are debatable however‚ some are accepted globally by professionals‚ which are the rise of single-headed households‚ disparate income‚ and social and cultural exclusions (The Feminisation of Poverty 2017).
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Poverty: an overview of Pakistan The concept of gender inequality in education is a prevailing phenomenon. Everybody is aware of this problem and a lot of work has been done so far to investigate the extent of its impact on poverty. Gender inequalities in education exist in almost all poor countries and among the poor within these countries. There has been a considerable increase in education in low income countries over the last three decades (World Bank‚ 2001). While
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Poverty: A study of town life INTRODUCTION After reading Booth’s work on The Life and Labour of the People of London led me to construct my own investigation on poverty but in a provincial town so I can then find an applicable general conclusion for a smaller populated area. My objective is to investigate upon the living conditions that the working classes of small towns inhabit as well as the growing problem of poverty. Preparing for my observational research I had to decide on how to collect
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I.Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job‚ is fear for the future‚ living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness‚ lack of representation and freedom. A.One in six children (more than 16 million) in America are living in the midst of poverty. 22% of all children live
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between the brutality of poverty and the beauty of art as inspired by Jonathan Darby’s art in my art work “The Window of Poverty”. In the world today there are more poverty stricken people than rich people and yet society tends not to see them as part of society. Children that live on the streets are seen as being invisible and yet they will one day be a big part of society‚ in either a good or a bad way‚ depending on what path they will take. My artwork tackles the idea of poverty and suffering as being
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