Poverty - Distribution Flashcards
Occurs in all countries…
Pockets of poverty
Mass poverty
Sudden poverty
Loss of livelihood as result of a recession
Rural vs. Urban
75% worlds poorest live in rural areas.
Poverty development
Progress uneven
Inequality persistent
Progress from
Targeted strategies and interventions
Adequate resources
Political will
Poverty unevenly distributed…
Overly concentrated in some parts of the world.
Declining global poverty
This may be due to rapid increase in population.
sSA
Burundi
Rwanda
Nigeria… More than 50% living below poverty line.
LANDLOCKED, therefore dependent on neighbouring countries for trade and reliant on their infrastructure system. Eg. Huge transportation costs and no territorial access to seas.
75% worlds poorest live in rural areas.
- cycle of poverty in subsistence farmers
- long term problems of malnourishment made worse by short term disasters
- floods, droughts, plagues of locusts take place in many countries (particularly sSA) at different times in different years. These add to the regular problems from low economic development.
Cycle of poverty in subsistence farmers.
Decreased ability to work means less ability to farm and provide food, hence leads for outmigration to urban areas to find work (often young males) hence increasing poverty.
Decrease ability if poor and malnourished with decrease resistance to disease, and hence decreased energy. Therefore ability to learn and work.
ALL STEMS FROM INABILITY OF PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEMSELVES WITH ADEQUATE FOOD.
General stats
Poverty most prevalent in LEDCS.
2011 - 60% worlds poorest in 5 countries.
Population of worlds poorest countries expected to double by 2050.
General stats
Poverty most prevalent in LEDCS.
2011 - 60% worlds poorest in 5 countries.
Population of worlds poorest countries expected to double by 2050.
