Question

define poverty and explain the factors responsible for increasing poverty​

Answer 1

Answer:

Poverty, the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs. In this context, the identification of poor people first requires a determination of what constitutes basic needs. These may be defined as narrowly as “those necessary for survival” or as broadly as “those reflecting the prevailing standard of living in the community.” The first criterion would cover only those people near the borderline of starvation or death from exposure; the second would extend to people whose nutrition, housing, and clothing, though adequate to preserve life, do not measure up to those of the population as a whole. The problem of definition is further compounded by the noneconomic connotations that the word poverty has acquired. Poverty has been associated, for example, with poor health, low levels of education or skills, an inability or an unwillingness to work, high rates of disruptive or disorderly behaviour, and improvidence. While these attributes have often been found to exist with poverty, their inclusion in a definition of poverty would tend to obscure the relation between them and the inability to provide for one’s basic needs. Whatever definition one uses, authorities and laypersons alike commonly assume that the effects of poverty are harmful to both individuals and society.

Answer 2

Explanation:

•Defination:-

Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Each nation may have its own threshold that determines how many of its people are living in poverty.

•Example of poverty:-

An example of poverty is the state a person is in when he is homeless and has no money or assets.

•the factors responsible for increasing poverty:-

•Lack of jobs or livelihoods

•Dwindling access to productive land (often due to conflict, overpopulation, or climate change)

• overexploitation of resources like fish or minerals puts increasing pressure on many traditional livelihoods.

Now, more than half of the country lives in extreme poverty.