It is general scarcity

or dearth, or the state of

one who lacks a certain
amount of material
possessions or money.
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Poverty seems to
be chronic or temporary,
and most of the time it is
closely related
to inequality.

Types of

Types of Poverty

Absolute poverty
Absolute poverty, extreme poverty, or
abject poverty is "a condition
characterized by severe deprivation of
basic human needs, including food, safe
drinking water, sanitation facilities, health,
shelter, education and information.

Types of Poverty

Relative poverty
Views poverty as socially defined and
dependent on social context, hence
relative poverty is a measure of income
inequality. Usually, relative poverty is
measured as the percentage of population
with income less than some fixed proportion
of median income.

Types of Poverty

Generational poverty
This type of poverty involves the
birth of two generations into
poverty. Because they were born
into this situation, they usually
dont have the tools to help get
themselves out of it.

Types of Poverty

Urban poverty
This particular type of poverty is only for
metropolitan areas with populations
over 50,000. Overcrowding, violence,
noise, and poor community help
programs make it even more difficult for
people suffering of this type of poverty
to get out of it.

Types of Poverty

Rural poverty
Like urban poverty above, rural poverty
occurs only in specific area types. These
areas are nonmetropolitan with populations
below 50,000. The low population limits
services available for people struggling
financially, and a lack of job opportunities
only compounds the problem.

Types of Poverty

Situational poverty
This particular type of poverty is usually
temporary as it involves a crisis or loss
occurring. Events connected with
situational poverty include
environmental disasters, divorce, or
severe health problems.

Causes of

Causes of Poverty

IGNORANCE
"Knowledge is power," goes the old
saying. Unfortunately, some people,
knowing this, try to keep knowledge to
themselves (as a strategy of obtaining an
unfair advantage), and hinder others
from obtaining knowledge.

Causes of Poverty

DISEASE
When a community has a high disease rate,
absenteeism is high, productivity is low, and less
wealth is created. Apart from the misery,
discomfort and death that results from disease, it
is also a major factor in poverty in a community.
Being well (well-being) not only helps the
individuals who are healthy, it contributes to the
eradication of poverty in the community.

Causes of Poverty

APATHY
Apathy is when people do not care,
or when they feel so powerless that
they do not try to change things, to
right a wrong, to fix a mistake, or to
improve conditions.

Causes of Poverty

DISHONESTY
Dishonesty among persons of trust
and power. The amount stolen from
the public, that is received and
enjoyed by the individual, is far less
than the decrease in wealth that was
intended for the public.

Causes of Poverty

DEPENDENCY
It is an attitude, a belief, that one is so
poor, so helpless, that one can not
help one's self, that a group cannot
help itself, and that it must depend
on assistance from outside.

Causes of Poverty

OVERPOPULATION
Overpopulation is defined as the situation
of having large numbers of people with
too few resources and too little space.
Overpopulation can result from either a
high population density (the ratio of
people to land area) or from low amounts
of resources, or from both.

Causes of Poverty

HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

With a higher number of
unemployed people, crime rates in
these cities will increase as people
grow desperate to survive.

Effects of

Effects of Poverty

HEALTH
This is especially seen in children of
poor families. People living in poverty
rarely have access to highly
nutritious foods.

Effects of Poverty

EDUCATION
Many people living in poverty are
unable to attend school from a very
early age. Families may not be able
to afford the necessary clothing or
school supplies.

Effects of Poverty

ECONOMY
Mainly, the number of people living
in poverty influences employment
rates heavily. Without an
education, people are unlikely to
find a paying job.

Effects of Poverty

SOCIETY

Many people living in poverty are

homeless, which puts them on the streets.
There also seems to be a connection
between poverty and crime. When
people are unemployed and homeless,
social unrest may take over and lead to
increases in crime.

AGENCIES, RELATED LAWS and

PROGRAMS

The National AntiPoverty

Commission (NAPC) is
a government agency
of the Republic of
the Philippines.

It coordinates poverty
reduction programs by
national and local
governments and
ensures that
marginalized sectors
participate in
government decisionmaking processes.

NAPC was created

by virtue of Republic
Act 8425, otherwise
known as the "Social
Reform and Poverty
Alleviation Act,"
which took effect on
30 June 1998.

POVERTY in the PHILIPPINES

Poverty rate cut to 16.6% by

2015

To be poor means earning

less than P16,841 a year
which 26.5 percent of Filipinos
fall under.

Based on the official poverty

statistics by the National
Statistical Coordination Board
(NSCB), the proportion of poor
Filipinos to total population was
28.4 percent in 2000, 24.9
percent in 2003, 26.4 percent in
2006, and 26.5 percent in 2009.

To remove more Filipinos from

poverty, especially the youth,
the Aquino administration has
focused its efforts on the
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program (4Ps) or conditional
cash transfer (CCT) program.