Poverty is not just a lack of a lot
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A weak person lacks the energy required for the job. A jobless person remains poor only. Thus we can say that poverty is the root cause of other problems. ... For instance- lack of employment opportunities makes a person jobless & he is not able to earn enough to fulfill the basic necessities of his family & becomes poor.
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For example Suppose there is an Dalit individual who has income above poverty line,but due to caste discrimination prevalent in village, he is not allowed to take water from village well or buy Agriculture Land in village thus a person is poor according to capability approach because he does not have capability to realize one’s full potential as human being, due to the prevalent caste discrimination .Thus according to capability approach A is in poverty despite having a decent income. However income approach neglects these scenarios. According to capability approach An uneducated man is poor not because he has low income, but because he has lack of capability to find a white collar job because of his lack of education i.e to realize one,s full potential.