Essay On Poverty In The World

Poverty is scarcity or the condition of one who lack that certain amount of possession. Absolute poverty is the depreciation of basic needs for example food, water, shelter… therefore it is said to be a state of not having enough.

Poverty is unavoidable and one of the world’s biggest problem. The World Bank estimated that billions of people were living in poverty. Although there are people living in this state of condition, they are people in the developing countries who live in worst condition. “Poverty is the worst form of violence” Mahatma Gandhi. People in the developing countries are a greater risk of absolute poverty. Billions of people living in developing countries lack access to a clean environment therefore; this leads to diseases and malnutrition. Millions of people die each year from these diseases “ being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody is much greater hunger, A greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat” Mother Teresa.

The department of health and human service developed poverty guidelines. Relative poverty is also income difference. The world health organization stated that hunger and malnutrition are the greatest threats to the world. Malnutrition is by far the largest contributor to child humanity. Most child birth death occurs in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. Catching disease such as Malaria and tuberculosis can extend. Malaria growth is 1.3% in some developing nations.

Poor people spend greater portion of their budgets on food as a result, poor house hold can be particularly vulnerable to increase in food prices. Threats of the supply of food may also be cause drought and crises “there is always more misery among the lower class than the upper class” Victor Hugo. Research has...

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..., leading to losses from a leak annually that is enough for 200 million people. This also leads to a lack of incentive to invest in expanding the network, resulting in much of the poor population being unconnected to the network. Instead, the poor buy water from water vendors for, on average, about five to 16 times the metered price.

However, a subsidy for laying new connections to the network rather than for consumption has shown more promise for the poor. Similarly, the poorest fifth receive 0.1% of the world’s lighting but pay a fifth of total spending on light, accounting for 25 to 30 percent of their income. Indoor air pollution from burning fuels kills 2 million, with almost half the deaths from pneumonia in children under 5. Fuel from Bamboo burns more cleanly and also matures much faster than wood, thus also reducing deforestation. Additionally, using solar