strategy
Eliminating extreme poverty
Synonyms:
Eradicating destitution Context:
In Haiti, the poor might include those possessing a small plot (hectare) of land with a dwelling; their family of three children would have at least one meal a day. The destitute would typically be without land or housing, with less than a quarter of a hectare of land to grow food, and with more than six children who could not be provided with were not given food every day and were usually malnourished.
Implementation:
The World Bank reported a decline in the proportion of the world's poor from 32 percent in 1985 to about 25 percent in 1995, amounting to 1.5 billion people who are desperately poor.
Claim:
Where the is no outside assistance, responsibility for looking after the destitute falls on the poor, thus worsening the cycle of pauperization for these people too.
Broader:
Reducing poverty Facilitated by:
Providing food aidStudying causes of extreme povertyAssisting those in extreme poverty Problems:
Unchecked poverty cycleValues:
PovertyExtremismDestitution Organizations:
Organization of American States Subjects:
Societal Problems → DestructionSociety → Disadvantaged
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
