Chapter 10:

Poverty and Income

Distribution
Roble, Jeramiah C.
S a m e o n , M a r y J o y P.
INTRODUCTION

• Despite sustained economic growth in many developing

countries, poverty remains widespread.
• In 2005, 25 percent, or about 1.4 billion people around the world
lived in poverty. Asia is host to a vast majority of world’s poor
• Asia is host to vast majority of the world’s poor.- 911 million people
who struggle to meet their basic needs.
10.1.1 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF POVERTY
AND INEQUALITY

• Alleviation of poverty and minimization of economic

inequality is at the core of all development policies.

• The impact of such differences is more marked in

developing countries where the government faces greater
constraints in its ability to provide much needed assistance
to improve the lot of their poor citizen.