POVERTY

A DARK SPOT IN HUMANITY

DEFINITION OF TERMS
o POVERTY
- A state or condition in which a
person or community lacks the
financial resources and essentials to
enjoy a minimum standard of life and
well-being that's considered
acceptable in society.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
o POVERTY INCIDENCE
- It is the number of households
having an income below the
poverty threshold , to meet
basic food needs and non-food
o POVERTY THRESHOLD
- The minimum level of income
deemed adequate in a particular
country

DEFINITION OF TERMS
o SUBSISTENCE INCIDENCE
- It is the minimum income
required to meet basic food
needs and satisfy the nutritional

DEFINITION OF TERMS
o UNEMPLOYMENT
- Condition of a person who is able to
work, is actively seeking work, but is
unable to find any.

TYPES OF POVERTY

o ABSOLUTE
POVERTY
o RELATIVE POVERTY
o MODERATE
POVERTY
o ULTRA POVERTY

o ABSOLUTE POVERTY
- The World Bank defines extreme
poverty as living on less than
U.S$1.25/day.

o RELATIVE POVERTY
- It views poverty as socially defined
and dependent on social context,
- a measure of inequality

o MODERATE POVERTY
- Which income/day is less then $2 a
day.

o ULTRA POVERTY
- Receiving less than 80% minimum
caloric in take whilst spending more
than 80% of income in food

o VOLUNTARY POVERTY
- Poverty is considered a necessary or
desirable condition, which embraced
in order to reach certain spiritual,
moral, or intellectual states.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
o DIRECT CAUSES
Unemployment
Lack of food and facilities
Excessive breeding
Debts
Lack of financial, investing and shares trading
knowledge
Overspending
Access to education and medicine
Catastrophes

CAUSES OF POVERTY
oPRIMARY CAUSES
Corruption
Labor standards
Lack of Control of Local Resources
Lack of democracy in a country
Lack of inclusiveness
Insufficient Law and order
Limited property and personal property rights
Not allowing businesses to keep most of their
profits

CAUSES OF POVERTY
o HISTORICAL CAUSES
Colonialism
Slavery
War
Conquest

EFFECTS OF POVERTY
o SOCIAL

High Infant Mortality and Annual Death Rate

Increase in hygiene and diet related diseases
Increased rate of homeless people
Nation's tourism trade
Impact on the affected childrens development,
both physically and mentally
Children from poorer backgrounds lag at all
stages of education.

EFFECTS OF POVERTY
o POLITICAL
Increased Crime
Rate
Increased risk of
war
Mass emigration
of population
Genocide
Terrorism

WORLD POVERTY
STATISTICAL UPDATES
Total Percentage of World Population that lives on less
than $2.50 a day

50%

Total number of people that live on less than $2.50 a day

3 Billion

Total Percentage of People that live on less than $1.25 a day

1 Billion

Total percent of World Populations that live where income

differentials are widening

80%

Total Percentage of World Income the richest 20% account for

75%

Total Number of children that die each day due to Poverty

22,000

Total Number of People in Developing Countries with

Inadequate Access to Water

1.1 billion

Total Number of School Days lost to Water Related Illness

Year
2013

443 million
school days

Ratio of People at Poverty to Wealthy Level

88 to 1

STATISTICAL UPDATES ON
POVERTY IN ASIA
o THE EXTREME POVERTY RATE - 20.7% in
2010
o $1.25 POVERTY RATE - Would decline to
1.4% in 2030, and could be eradicated
(World Bank)
o $1.51 POVERTY LINE - Raises Asias poverty
20.7% to 30.5%
o THE VULNERABILITY-ADJUSTED POVERTY
LINE- Adds about 11.9 percentage points to

STATISTICAL UPDATES ON
POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
o POVERTY INCIDENCE AMONG
FILIPINOS - 25.8 % based on the
2014 APIS conducted in July 2014

STATISTICAL UPDATES ON
POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
o SUBSISTENCE INCIDENCE AMONG
FILIPINOS - 10.5 % in the first
semester of 2014

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

o Unemployment leads to financial crisis and
reduces the overall purchasing capacity of a
nation.
o This in turn results in poverty followed by
increasing burden of debt
Common in the less developed economies
Due to the global economic recessions, the
developed economies are also facing these
challenges in the recent times

WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE

TO POVERTY

WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE

TO POVERTY

WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE

TO POVERTY
YEAR

TOTAL
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

2013

6.0

5.8

6.4

13.1

12.8

13.5

4.6

4.3

5.0

2014

6.1

5.8

6.5

13.2

12.9

13.6

4.7

4.4

5.1

ASIAS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE

TO POVERTY (2014)
Area

TOTAL
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
YOUT
H
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

MALE
ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

FEMA
LE
ADULT
UNEM
PLOY
MENT
RATE

South
Asia

4.0

3.7

4.8

10.4

10.1

11.0

2.5

2.3

3.3

East
Asia

4.7

5.3

3.8

10.5

12.1

8.5

3.7

4.3

3.1

South
-East
Asia
and
the
Pacifi
c

4.3

4.1

4.4

13.3

13.1

13.5

2.3

2.2

2.5

PHILIPPINES UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN
PHILIPPINES 6 %

PHILIPPINES UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
o MALES- 65.2 %
o THE AGE GROUP 15 TO 24 YEARS OLD - 49.4%
o THE AGE GROUP 25 TO 34 - 30.2 %
o COLLEGE GRADUATES - 21.6 %
o UNDERGRADUATES - 13.5 %
o HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 33.3 %
o THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION - 9.8 %
o CENTRAL LUZON - 7.4 %
o CALABARZON - 7.1%

TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE TO POVERTY

TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DUE TO POVERTY

oZimbabwe
- has high rates of unemployment due to bad
governance.

oNauru
- as the second for its stagnant economy and unstable
administration.

oLiberia
- ranked as third because of the effects of civil war.
- historically Liberias focus on poverty is because of its
corruption, political, social, and economic exclusions
and class system witch imposed to its masses.

EMPLOYMENT INSTABILITY IN REGIONS OF

THE PHILIPPINES
o Philippine regions that boast relatively low levels of unemployment may
also suffer from relatively high incidences of poverty. And vice versa
regions with relatively high rates of unemployment may enjoy relatively
low levels of poverty.

REGIONAL STATISTICS ON UNEMPLOYMENT:

2013
TOP 5 REGIONS
1. NCR

10.3

2. CALABARZO
N

9.2

3. Central
Luzon

8.7

4. Davao
Region

6.9

5. Western
Visayas

6.9

BOTTOM 5 REGIONS
1. Cagayan
Valley

3.2

2. Zamboanga
Peninsula

3.5

3.

4.1

MIMAROPA

4. SOCCSKSAR

4.4

- Largely a problem of
the youth
(48.5% of
unemployed
in 2013)
- Rate more than twice
the national
rate
- Educated workforce
(college
graduates at
around onefifth of the
unemployed)

GLOBAL YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

RATE RISING
o One of the reports major findings is
the worldwide unemployment rate
among 15 to 24-year-olds of 13
percent, or 74 million youths, is set
to rise.

TOP TEN SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY

o Create jobs
o Raise the minimum wage
o Increase the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless workers
o Support pay equity
o Provide paid leave and paid sick days
o Establish work schedules that work
o Invest in affordable, high-quality child care and early
education
o Expand Medicaid
o Reform the criminal justice system and enact policies that
support successful re-entry
o Do no harm

FIN
Submitted by :
o Bacabac, Catherine
o Buhayan, Carolyn
o Pabelico, Princess
Erica
o Reyes, Sarha
o Salarda, Jessa
o Serna, Cristina
MLS 2-D