The cycle of poverty

What is the cycle of poverty?

The cycle of poverty has been described as a phenomenon where poor families because trapped in poverty for generations.

Because they have no or limited access to critical resources such as;

©       Educational services

©       Financial services

Subsequent generations are also impoverished

There are multiple cycles of poverty- based on, among other things,

©       Economic

©       Social

©       Spiritual

©       Geographical factors

Many cycles overlap or perpetuate new cycles and therefore any attempt to depict the cycle of poverty will be far more simplistic then realistic.

The figure below shows- in very simplistic terms- how a cycle of poverty related to hunger keeps a person or household poor in one of the world’s developing countries.

the 8+ goals

In the year 2000, Koffi Annan former General secretary of the United Nations suggested that we could do something to end world poverty, 189 countries meet and agreed that by september 2015 they would achieve 8 goals toward ending general poverty.

these are:

• Erradicate extreme hunger and poverty
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternial health
• combat diseases
• ensure enviromental sustainability
• develop a global partnership