what are causes of poverty?
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['Inadequate access to clean water and nutritious food. ... ', 'Little or no access to livelihoods or jobs. ... ', 'Conflict. ... ', 'Inequality. ... ', 'Poor education. ... ', 'Climate change. ... ', 'Lack of infrastructure. ... ', 'Limited capacity of the government.']
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['When Housing is Out of Reach. More than at any other time, there is a lack of housing that low income people can afford. ... ', 'Income and Housing Affordability. ... ', 'Connecting Homelessness and Health. ... ', 'Escaping Violence. ... ', 'Impact of Racial Disparities.']
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Causes of Poverty in Malta. ... Of the 400,000 people who live on this island, 16.3 percent live below the poverty line, according to a 2015 estimate. Furthermore, according to European Union (EU) statistics, Malta is one of 14 European countries that experienced an increase in poverty between 2008 and 2014.
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Absolute poverty is when you are unable to buy or pay for basic living needs such as basic food, water, simple housing, simple clothing. Relative poverty is when you are unable to buy or pay for food, water, housing, clothing etc that others are able to spend.
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Poverty, as defined by the government, takes into account income and the number of people in the household. At around $20,000, families of three or larger are considered impoverished. (The poverty level is $11,880 for one person and $16,020 for two people.)
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['want (caused by poverty)', 'ignorance (caused by a lack of education)', 'squalor (caused by poor housing)', 'idleness (caused by a lack of jobs, or the ability to gain employment)', 'disease (caused by inadequate health care provision)']
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['Poverty. Poverty and hunger exist in a vicious cycle. ... ', 'Food shortages. ... ', 'War & conflict. ... ', 'Climate change. ... ', 'Poor nutrition. ... ', 'Poor Public Policy. ... ', 'Economy. ... ', 'Food waste.']
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Among the factors that often contribute to poverty are unemployment and underemployment. Put simply, many people live in poverty because they are unable to find a job that pays a living wage—or to find a job at all. ... Poverty and unemployment do not affect everyone equally.
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['Poor farmers harvest crops too early in response to a lack of food and money. ... ', 'Minimal farming technology such as plows, tractors, and pesticides.', 'Inadequate market systems.']
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['Low per capita real income: ... ', 'Low per capita real income: ... ', 'High population growth rate/size: ... ', 'High rates of unemployment: ... ', 'Dependence on primary sector: ... ', 'Dependence on exports of primary commodities: ... ', 'Low incomes per head: ... ', 'Low levels of saving due to low income:']
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Crop failures caused by natural disasters including poor weather, insect plagues, and plant diseases; crop destruction due to warfare; and enforced starvation as a political tool are some causative factors of famine. However, modern famines, like most of those throughout history, are manmade.
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There are several factors that contribute to the persistent poverty in Sierra Leone. This paper will focus on four key factors: corruption within the government, insufficient infrastructure, lack of education and inadequate civil rights.
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answered Mar 28, 2018 by priya12 (-12,635 points) Human poverty is a concept that goes beyond the limited view of poverty as lack of income. It refers to the denial of political, social and economic opportunities to an individual to maintain a 'reasonable' standard of living.
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The major causes of land degradation include, land clearance poor farming practices, overgrazing, inappropriate irrigation, urban sprawl, and commercial development, land pollution including industrial waste and quarrying of stone, sand and minerals.
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At worse, they find minimum wage increases can actually increase relative poverty. Poverty can increase because minimum wage hikes make some low income households worse off by reducing employment opportunities for young workers in the family.
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The causes of malnutrition and food insecurity in Nigeria are multifaceted and include poor infant and young child feeding practices, which contribute to high rates of illness and poor nutrition among children under 2 years; lack of access to healthcare, water, and sanitation; armed conflict, particularly in the north; ...
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The scarcity of food is caused by economic, environmental and social factors such as crop failure, overpopulation and poor government policies are the main cause of food scarcity in most countries. ... There is need to collectively address the issue of food insecurity using both emergency and long term measures.