Fig.

POVERTY OVERVIEW
The developing world has already attained the
first MDG targetto cut the 1990 poverty rate in
half by 2015. The 1990 extreme poverty rate
$1.25 a day in 2005 prices was halved in 2010,
according to estimates.
According to these estimates, 21 percent of
people in the developing world lived at or below
$1.25 a day. Thats down from 43 percent in
1990 and 52 percent in 1981.
This means that 1.22 billion people lived on
less than $1.25 a day in 2010, compared with
1.91 billion in 1990, and 1.94 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW
The developing world has already attained the
first MDG targetto cut the 1990 poverty rate in
half by 2015. The 1990 extreme poverty rate
$1.25 a day in 2005 prices was halved in 2010,
according to estimates.
According to these estimates, 21 percent of
people in the developing world lived at or below
$1.25 a day. Thats down from 43 percent in
1990 and 52 percent in 1981.
This means that 1.22 billion people lived on
less than $1.25 a day in 2010, compared with
1.91 billion in 1990, and 1.94 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW
The developing world has already attained the
first MDG targetto cut the 1990 poverty rate in
half by 2015. The 1990 extreme poverty rate
$1.25 a day in 2005 prices was halved in 2010,
according to estimates.
According to these estimates, 21 percent of
people in the developing world lived at or below
$1.25 a day. Thats down from 43 percent in
1990 and 52 percent in 1981.
This means that 1.22 billion people lived on
less than $1.25 a day in 2010, compared with
1.91 billion in 1990, and 1.94 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW
The developing world has already attained the
first MDG targetto cut the 1990 poverty rate in
half by 2015. The 1990 extreme poverty rate
$1.25 a day in 2005 prices was halved in 2010,
according to estimates.
According to these estimates, 21 percent of
people in the developing world lived at or below
$1.25 a day. Thats down from 43 percent in
1990 and 52 percent in 1981.
This means that 1.22 billion people lived on
less than $1.25 a day in 2010, compared with
1.91 billion in 1990, and 1.94 billion in 1981.

Fig.

POVERTY OVERVIEW

Even if the current rate of progress is to be

maintained, some 1 billion people will still
live in extreme poverty in 2015and
progress has been slower at higher poverty
lines.
In all, 2.4 billion people lived on less than
US $2 a day in 2010, the average poverty
line in developing countries and another
common measurement of deep
deprivation. That is only a slight decline
from 2.59 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW

Even if the current rate of progress is to be

maintained, some 1 billion people will still
live in extreme poverty in 2015and
progress has been slower at higher poverty
lines.
In all, 2.4 billion people lived on less than
US $2 a day in 2010, the average poverty
line in developing countries and another
common measurement of deep
deprivation. That is only a slight decline
from 2.59 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW

Despite its falling poverty rates, SubSaharan

Africa is the only region in the world for which
the number of poor individuals has risen
steadily and dramatically between 1981 and
2010.
There were more than twice as many
extremely poor people living in SSA in 2010
(414 million) than there were three decades
ago (205 million).
As a result, while the extreme poor in SSA
represented only 11 percent of the worlds

POVERTY OVERVIEW

Even if the current rate of progress is to be

maintained, some 1 billion people will still
live in extreme poverty in 2015and
progress has been slower at higher poverty
lines.
In all, 2.4 billion people lived on less than
US $2 a day in 2010, the average poverty
line in developing countries and another
common measurement of deep
deprivation. That is only a slight decline
from 2.59 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW

The average income of the extremely poor in

the developing world has been rising and
steadily converging to the $1.25 per day
poverty line.
In 2010, the average income of the extremely
poor in the
developing world was 87 cents per capita per
day, up from 74 cents in 1981 (in 2005 US
dollars).
If the extreme poor in SubSaharan Africa
were not included, the average income of the

POVERTY OVERVIEW

Even if the current rate of progress is to be

maintained, some 1 billion people will still
live in extreme poverty in 2015and
progress has been slower at higher poverty
lines.
In all, 2.4 billion people lived on less than
US $2 a day in 2010, the average poverty
line in developing countries and another
common measurement of deep
deprivation. That is only a slight decline
from 2.59 billion in 1981.

POVERTY OVERVIEW

In some developing countries, we

continue to see a wide gap widening
gap between rich and poor, and
between those who can and cannot
access opportunities.
It means that access to good schools,
healthcare, electricity, safe water and
other critical services remains elusive
(difficult to achieve) for many people
who live in growing economies.

Europe and Central Asia

(Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan)
(Armenia,Azerbaijan,Georgia/Belarus,
Moldova,Russian Federation,Ukraine)
(Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia,Kosovo,Montenegro,
Serbia,the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia,Turkey)

The Eight Millennium Goals:

Fig.
2

Fig.

Fig.

Causes of Poverty

Overpopulation
Unequal Distribution Of Resources
Inadequate Education and Employment
Corrupt Government
Being paid lower than minimum
wage

Fig.

Consequences of Poverty

Child Labor
Illiteracy
Increase in Crime Rates
Other consequences include:
Lack of access to good education
Lack of access to better health care systems
High infant and child mortality rates
Chronic hunger, famine and droughts.
High unemployment rates

GRAPH
S sh o w
ing
Correla
ti o n b e
tween
Incom
e and
O th e r
Factor
s

Conclusion What can be done?

Rather than just sending AID, MEDCs can

o Improve supplies of clean water
o Improve the training and equipment of
farmers
o Help make better education systems
o Provide more job opportunities

Questions

What are some causes of poverty?

What are some consequences of poverty?
What are some solutions of poverty?

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