How To Reduce Extreme Poverty

INTRODUCTION

In recent years there has been great progress in reducing poverty in the world. In 1990, lived 38% of the world 's people live in extreme poverty. Today the figure is 10% and that means that the proportion of extreme poor in the world has declined by over two thirds in 25 years.

Overall, this means that there are 1 billion people fewer living in extreme poverty today than in 1990. The good news is that today is the first time that both the number and proportion of extreme poor declining in all parts of the world simultaneously. But despite the progress in the right direction is still alive 700 million people in extreme poverty worldwide.

Improved political relations and a growing global economy enables a radical reduction of

You would probably get a lot of different definitions, be short of food, clothing, water, protection from the cold and rain. But also not to be able to influence your own life, to be powerless and marginalized. Those who are poor have little opportunity to shape their future. Approximately one billion people around the world today live in extreme poverty.

Poverty can be measured in the health, food, healthcare, clean drinking water and security. It is generally recognized that poverty is when people can not achieve a standard of living that is common in their society. Thus, we understand that the meaning of being poor is different between different communities and countries on earth.

Poverty looks different depending on who you are and where you live. Such as ones sex, age, ethnic background, religion, environment, and which country you come from determines the conditions. For example, a poor Buddhist monk in Bangkok, Thailand would in most cases live under other conditions than a woman in Australia. Poverty of street children in Rio 's slums looks different to poverty that has to do with a woman in

Speaking to the poorest low-income countries are still common pattern. Countries are often characterized by high unemployment and low wages, a large informal sector and low tax revenues, widespread corruption, inadequate public investment, a small industrial sector and underdeveloped infrastructure. Many low-income countries depend on imports for their food security and export of one or a few commodities. Another financial barrier is the high foreign debts. In addition, many of the countries plagued by war delayed their economic growth and thus the expansion of the welfare