What are the groups most affected by poverty?

Answer 1

Poverty is a huge problem all over the world. Over 3 billion people live on $2.50 a day. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Poverty is the state for the majority of the world's people and nations. They have been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight. Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed."Being lazy, making poor decisions and being solely responsible for their own plight" is not the cause of poverty. Yes, this unfortunately is sometimes true but the reality of the situation is the world we live in is that people are not born equal meaning that there are many privileges that are taken for granted without even realizing it. These are privileges such as the color of your skin (white privilege), gender privilege (being male), religious privilege (depends on where you are in the world), Nationalistic privilege, socioeconomic privilege and the list goes on and on. Keep in mind (considering this is in the economics section) that there is an unequal distribution of wealth in the world that is consolidated in the hands of few (2% of the world's population controlling over half of the world's resources). Single women and children are often times the most vulnerable populations in the realm of poverty.