Position Paper On State Of Poverty In Ethiopia. Nathan

This article focuses on statistics and actions (or lack of) in policies related to poverty. The topics that is discussed included who is the most likely to live in poverty and how it is measured. Also discussed in this article are the public policy response and poverty reduction. The articles credibility is high due to the type source which is academic. However, the reliability of the context in the article is questionable because of the lack of a strongly written argument. The statements appear to lack explanation on how they got their evidence,

The location and geography of the country has caused the people to experience famine after famine, leaving many to die from starvation. A famine is in definition, “A great shortage or an extreme scarcity of food over an extended period of time” (Webster). There are several different types of famine that occur in different types of the world. The type that Ethiopia generally goes through is called a Ravallion. During a Ravallion famine, there are unusually large amounts of causalities with extreme shortages of food in certain parts of the population. There are many things that cause famine, whether it’s draught, plague, or civil disrupt. Right now, Ethiopia is experiencing a draught that has killed almost all of their crops. Because of the famines that Ethiopia experiences most every year, there is usually an increase in the amount of people malnourished. This year, 11to 14 million people are expected to go hungry leaving many to starve to death. Ethiopia has experienced many draughts like these, the worst however, being in 1983. This draught lasted two years and the draught alone killed over 400,000 people in one year, this doesn’t include the deaths that were due to starvation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%931985_famine_in_Ethiopia).

Poverty, in economic terms, is typically based on a poverty line, which measures the minimum amount of income deemed sufficient for livelihood. Although, poverty can also connotate the deprivation of capability.

As explained by George Ritzer, the poverty line is a set value, in terms of income, that establishes who is considered to be living in poverty (Ritzer 220). In the article, Deaton mentions how the World Bank does not take into consideration the costs of necessities in different countries (Deaton). In the United States the Social Security Administration sets the poverty line, and while they do not set it for different countries they do set it for all fifty states of America. Most people can agree

Poverty is a hard concept for people to put into words. Ruby Payne states a working definition of poverty in her book A Framework for Understanding Poverty in which she says, “The extent to which an individual does without resources” (7). For a better look, the dictionary defines poverty as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions”

Poverty is where one person or a group of people don’t have enough money and recourses to meet needs that are considered acceptable in the general public. Although there has been effort to prevent poverty, it is still rampant around the world. 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day while 1.3 billion of those people live on less than $1.50 a day. Poverty also affects children. Every 4 seconds a child dies of poverty. 1 billion children live in poverty. Two examples of world powers with large populations but still have child poverty are the United States and Brazil. The poverty line in the United States for a family of four is $23,550. [Federal Poverty Level 2013-2014]. The poverty line

Poverty has increased tremendously over the last decade in many countries, developed or less developed. Poverty can be caused by many different factors,

Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support: condition of being poor (Poverty, n.d.). There are numerous reasons that contribute to the overwhelming poverty rates in America, some of which cause sever hunger and death. The economy, cultural beliefs, minimum wage, and lack of jobs are a just a few reasons more than 45 million people are in poverty. The American government has set the limits to what is considered to be poverty under a set guideline of 48 possible thresholds. The thresholds vary according to the size of the family and the ages of the family members. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, poverty

Poverty is a state of deprivation lacking the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. (Poverty) Poverty in the United States is a well know issue just like in other countries. Even though the United States is a powerful country it stills has problems and poverty is a major problem in the United States. According to the United States Bureau, the poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7 percent, which is down 0.8 from the previous rate in 2015.

Merriam-Webster defines poverty as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Throughout the world, this term is know all too well. The United States, a well established first world country, still unfortunately faces poverty today.

There are many ways that people define the term poverty. Cuthrell et al. (2010) defined extreme poverty as, “living with an annual income of less than $7,870 for a family

Webster’s online dictionary defines poverty as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions (n.d.)”. Hoynes, Page, and Stevens (2006) define poverty as a family’s lack of pretax earned income in a given year that is below the poverty threshold for the family size. The World Bank (2000) defines poverty as the lack of material benefits considered basic necessities in society.

The definition of poverty is the state of being extremely poor. Poverty is the lack of money or material things. It is all over the world and is increasing at an alarming rate. Over the year of 2015, 43.1 million people in the United States lived in poverty. Also in 2015, there were 15.8 million United States households that were food insecure.

Education is very important for everyone to have but many of the schools that were located within Somalia are gone, “In Central South Somalia more than three quarters of public schools that existed before the civil war have been destroyed and/or closed and state intervention in the education sector has been limited.” (Education in Somalia, n.d. para. 2). Meaning that many of the children who live in Somalia, are not getting a proper education. Even if they go to receive an education, they are not there for very long, “Children are in school for an average of only three years, with 50 percent of the child population contributing to the work force.” (Poverty in Somalia, n.d. para. 9). Because these people live in such poverty, these children choose to work to earn some money instead of receiving an education. Many people in the country are illiterate, “Only 37.8 percent of the population over the age of 15 can read and write.” (Poverty in Somalia, n.d. para. 8). Because of these facts, many of the Somalian people cannot get better jobs. This also makes it extremely difficult for the Somalian people to go to different countries in search for a better life. These are the reasons why the education of the Somalian people have a major effect on the high poverty levels in the

The country cannot give good quality education in the poor areas and the parents cannot sent their children into school. Ethiopia has one of the highest illiteracy rate, about 53% of the whole population cannot write or read. As the most of the people are uneducated the rate of unemployment is very high. Unfortunately the Ethiopian government doesn`t have enough money to improve the education in the poor parts of the country. The increasing rate of illiteracy increases the rate of poverty as