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Poverty is the lack of basic necessitiesthat all human beings must have:

food and water shelter educationmedical caresecurity, etc.

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4.4 billion people live in developing countriesPoverty is the main issue of developing countriesOf these Three-fifths lack basic sanitationA quarter do not have adequate housingA fifth have no access to modern health services

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A poor man having very ordinary means hasseveral children but he cannot afford tomaintain such a large family.

In Pakistan nearly 40-45% population is belowpoverty line who even feel lucky when getone or two times food a day. They have no

source or some time source of income tofeed them and their family.

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Hunger is rooted in the alleviationof poverty, as poverty leads tohunger. World hunger is a terriblesymptom of world poverty. If effortsare only directed at providing food,or improving food production or distribution, then the structural rootcauses that create hunger, poverty

and dependency would still remain.

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People are ignorant of the new trends in the

field of technology socannot find a betterincome and economicstatus.

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When a number of man power is unemployedit is difficult for them to fulfill their basicneedsSome of the under developing countriescountries have 40-50% unemployment,resulting to unrest, begging and birth of badelements.

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The poverty of our century is unlike thatof any other. It is not, as poverty wasbefore, the result of natural scarcity, but

of a set of priorities imposed upon therest of the world by the rich. John Berger, novelist, painter and art historian, b.1926.

The top three billionaires have assetsgreater than the combined GNP of allleast developed countries and their 600million people.

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When a community has a highdisease rate, absenteeism ishigh, productivity is low, andless wealth is created. Apartfrom the misery, discomfort anddeath that results from disease,it is also a major factor inpoverty in a community.

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Rapidly increasing pricesof food and grainy itemshas made foodunapproachable for acommon person.

The burden of inflation,President Nixon has oftensaid, falls heavily uponthe poor, "who are largelydefenseless" against priceincreases on thenecessities of life.

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Government is unable to introduce socialreforms to control population due to lack of

fund. Earning of these countries are onlyfrom fraction of population through taxesand other sources.Poor policies to control the prices of the

living goodsFail to utilize man power

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Lack of technologyInvestment

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Poverty give hype to the social evils in thesociety

Street Crimes

Drug AbuseHunger & StarvationHealthHousingEducationChild Labor

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One third of deaths - some 18 million peoplea year or 50,000 per day - are due to poverty-related causes: in total 270 million people,most of them women and children, have diedas a result of poverty since 1990.Those living in poverty sufferdisproportionately from hunger or evenstarvation and disease. Those living inpoverty suffer lower life expectancy.Women who have children born in poverty,cannot nourish the children efficiently withthe right prenatal care.

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Research has found that there is a high riskof educational underachievement forchildren who are from low-income housingcircumstances.

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Slum-dwellers, who make up a third of the world's urban population, live in apoverty no better, if not worse, thanrural people, who are the traditionalfocus of the poverty in the developingworld, according to a report by theUnited Nations. Slums consists of rundown housing with lack of tendency

and security. They are usually locatedin the bad parts of towns and arecheap to own.

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Unemployment, underemployment,and distance from rural areas arewhere most drug abuse occurs.Some results of drug abuse arestealing, killing, theft, assault, poorgrades in school, and poor conductat work. Some poverty is cause bypeople who have abused drugs andhave spent all of their moneybuying them. When they have noother way to support theiraddiction, they result to othermeasures to obtain them. The urgefor the drugs began to take overtheir lives.

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A poor man sees a rich man with a watch,car, wife, house, suit, etc. He becomesaware due to his life choices that he will nothave the opportunity to attain these items orchances in the future. However, he canattain them through crime. If he wants, heshall get!!

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It makes a person hardworking. It drives aperson to action. It says if you will notlearn and earn you will die.

It makes a person kind and bring peoplecloser.When a person rise to the great heights fromthe depth of poverty he marks history. When

a person is rich and achieve some success itsan ordinary thing.

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Most great men in world history were poor bybirth.Military leaders and rulers like Napoleon andKamal Ataturk were born into poor families.Many people have made a 'good life' orbecome famous and have lived in the ghettosor come from poverty. Abraham Lincoln hada Grade 1 education and became thePresident of the United States and there aremany more like him right up to date.

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The 62 million population of country hasfallen below poverty line.The global economic crisis, decline inmanufacturing sector in the country andclosure of industries due to power crisis islikely to push more people in poverty.World economy will shake when poor go

poorer. Demand of produce will be hit by lossof buying power.

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Economic liberalization

Extending property rights protection to thepoor is one of the most important povertyreduction strategy a nation could take.Securing property rights to land, the largestasset for most societies, is vital to theireconomic freedom. The World Bank concludesincreasing land rights is the key to reducingpoverty citing that land rights greatlyincrease poor peoples wealth, in some casesdoubling it.

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Investments in human capital, in the form of health, is needed for economic growth.Nations do not necessarily need wealth togain health.Cheap water filters and promoting handwashing are some of the most cost effectivehealth interventions and can cut deathsSuch technology also makes financial servicesaccessible to the poor. Those in poverty placeoverwhelming importance on having a safeplace to save money, much more so thanreceiving loans. [

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Aid from non-governmental organizationsmay be more effective than governmentalaid; this may be because it is better atreaching the poor and better controlled atthe grassroots level. Critics argue that someof the foreign aid is stolen by corruptgovernments and officials, and that higheraid levels erode the quality of governance.Policy becomes much more oriented towardwhat will get more aid money than it doestowards meeting the needs of the people.

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Efficient institutions that are not corrupt andobey the rule of law make and enforce goodlaws that provide security to property andbusinesses. Efficient and fair governmentswould work to invest in the long-terminterests of the nation rather than plunderresources through corruption.Good governance in poor countries as a keyto economic development and overcomingthe selfish interests of wealthy elites oftenbehind state actions in developing nations

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Empowering women has helped somecountries increase and sustain economicdevelopment. When given more rights andopportunities women begin to receive moreeducation, thus increasing the overall humancapital of the country; when given moreinfluence women seem to act moreresponsibly in helping people in the family orvillage; and when better educated and morein control of their lives,

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As the causes of poverty are numerous andvaried in nature so attempts to prevent itmust come from many sources.To sum up the matter, we may conclude thatamong other things are improvements inindustrial conditions through the process of social evolution and governmental influence,such as steadiness of employment at a fairremuneration, stability of industrial andfinancial conditions, justice in taxation,government, and legislation.

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Again, improvement in modes of living, such asbetter housing, good home surroundings,improved sanitation, better care of the personal

health, and profitable recreation andamusement.As sickness is one of the chief causes of povertythe removal of disease through science andlegislation are important measures of prevention.the change in personal habits, the disuse, or atleast temperate use, of liquor, tobacco,narcotics, and the abolition of selfishness andthe pro-motion of love in the home, with purityof life, all tend to develop the character of manand to remove him from a possible state of dependence.

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Nearly 70% of world's poor live in Asia alone

and major contribution made by China and India. Both have thick population.

Governments of Asia should boldly makedecisions to control excessive growth of population even if they have to take harshdecisions.

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Tasveer-e-shahkar who lakhon main bik gaiJis mein baghair roti k bacha udas tha

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