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Poverty
 

P overty is the state of someone without a common or socially acceptable

amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said to occur when
people do not have the resources to meet their basic needs. Identifying poor
people first involves deciding what constitutes basic needs in this context. These
can be classified as narrowly "those necessary for survival" or as generally "those
representing the prevailing standard of living in the community." The first
definition would include only those people near the borderline of malnutrition or
death from exposure; the second would extend to people whose diet, housing and
clothing are sufficient to preserve life; Do not weigh the population as a whole. 

The description question is further compounded by the none-economic

connotations gained by the term poverty. Poverty has been linked, for example, to
poor health, low educational or skill levels, unable or unwilling to work, high rates
of disruptive or disorderly behavior. While these characteristics have often been
found to correlate with poverty, their inclusion in a definition of poverty may
continue to confuse their association with the inability to meet their basic needs.
Regardless of the definition used, both authorities and laypersons commonly
assume that the effects of poverty are harmful to individuals and society.  

Although poverty is a phenomenon as old as human history, it has changed its

meaning over time. Widespread deprivation had been recognized as unavoidable
under conventional (i.e., non-industrialized) forms of economic production. The
overall output of goods and services, even if distributed equally, would still have
been inadequate to guarantee a comfortable standard of living for the entire
population. Nevertheless, this ceased to be the case with the economic productivity
resulting from industrialization — especially in the most developed countries in the
world, where national production were sufficient to lift the entire population to a
comfortable level if the requisite redistribution could be done without adversely
affecting output. 

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Poverty in Jordan

Since years now, official poverty figures in Jordan have been unrevealed.
According to Jordan Times, Third of Jordan’s population lives below poverty line
at some point of one year — study Jordan is one of the most countries that was
affected by the Syrian crisis according to the factsheet by the UN refugee agency.
Jordan has the second highest shares of refugee compared to its population, and
unfortunately most of them live in poverty. However, today I chose to talk about
this problem from a small-scale as this problem is one of the biggest issues that is
facing the government.   
  
All we have are estimates from 2010 based on the 2008 census. 
On the basis of what little knowledge we have, let us try to estimate the level of
poverty in Jordan. Based on the 2008 census, the 2010 report shows a 1.1%
increase in the poverty rate over a year from 13.3% to 14.4%. Today, not to
mention the suffocating economic repercussions of it all, these are figures
predating the world financial crisis, the rise in oil prices and the following Arab
Spring. In the de-facto economic embargo, with the situation in Iraq and Syria,
these estimates also fail to contribute. Since then, with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), Jordan has undergone two economic and fiscal reform programs. The
first was implemented under the government of Dr Abdullah Nsoor, and it brought
with it a range of difficult economic decisions, including floating fuel prices. And
the second, also underway, was launched by Dr. Hani Mulqi's previous
government, leading to recent decisions to de-subsidize bread and more than a
hundred other goods, in addition to tax reorganizations. 
 
There are a lot of camps in Jordan, but today I chose to talk about two which is
Gaza and baqaa camp. According to the UNURWA baqaa camp, which is the
largest in Jordan, is about 20km north of Amman. Facing serious challenges that
I've personally saw throughout my visit to the camps.  
Poverty and high unemployment are major challenges facing Baqa’a camp
residents. The camp is ranked third of the ten camps in Jordan in poverty with 32
per cent of Palestine refugees in the camp reportedly having an income below the

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national poverty line of JD 814, according to a Fafo Foundation report published in

2013.  
Baqa’a camp is ranked second of the ten camps in unemployment, with 17 percent
of refugees living in the cam unemployed. 
Baqa’a camp has the lowest prevalence of chronic health problems of all Palestine
refugee camps in Jordan, standing at percent. Still, 46 percent of Palestine refugees
in the camp don’t have health insurance. 
Upgrading of camp infrastructure and shelter repair and rehabilitation are also
major challenges.  
 
as well as Gaza camp , interviewing However, when I talked to some of
some of the people there , Rabeh Saad the children there, a lot of them has
o father of five He explains that potentials in life they want to be
winter is the toughest period of the doctors, engineers, teachers, etc.
year not in terms of low temperatures These children need education, the
but because the rising costs of heating community needs help services, and
and clothing.   everyone can make a difference even
on a smaller scale.  

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Average Calorie Cost in JD

References:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poverty.asp
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https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/content/what_is_p
overty.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty
https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5036
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3162257
https://en.royanews.tv/news/19225/Statistics--Poverty-in-Jordan-one-of-the-
lowest-in-Arab-world
https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/gaza-strip

https://www.ochaopt.org/content/53-cent-palestinians-gaza-live-poverty-despite-
humanitarian-assistance

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  

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