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    POVERTY

    THE BOTTOM LINE

    SUBMITTED BY: GROUP 4 …. SUBMITTED TO:


    Peter jhon C. Boyose

    Enrico Muca

    Rose Ninofranco

    Kriza Marie Canete


    For several thousand years, the world has been experiencing increased
    urbanization. In 2008, the UN Population Fund announced that the world
    now has more urban than rural inhabitants and this trend is far from
    slowing down. It is projected that between 2007 and 2050, the population
    of the world will increase by 2.5 billion, at which point two thirds of the
    developing world will reside in urban areas Approximately 75% of this
    rapid expansion is expected to be found in smaller cities (500,000 to 1.6
    million people), which currently house more than 50% of the world’s urban
    population Cities offer many health benefits, including large markets with a
    reliable food supply, economies of scale, stable public services, and a
    collection of educated individuals that contribute to enterprise, education,
    and innovation

    However, while urbanization has helped improve development and health


    in the long run, it has produced some negative consequences as well. As
    populations increase at unprecedented rates, communities are
    overwhelming cities that lack adequate infrastructure and municipal
    organization to handle the rising challenges. This situation is most
    problematic in developing countries, where urban slums and other areas
    with concentrated populations have grown, thereby increasing greenhouse
    gas emissions. Further, these countries face an elevated risk of disease,
    while health care systems struggle to catch

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    POVERTY IN ASIA
    Asia has achieved remarkable economic progress in recent
    decades. Despite this, it is home to nearly half of the world’s
    poorest people, rendering poverty a key issue to be addressed.
    According to World Bank’s report in 2018, of the 783 million
    extremely poor who live below the poverty line of US$1.9
    (HK$15) a day, about 33% live in South Asia and 9% live in
    East Asia and the Pacific.

    While most of the developing world’s poor live in rural areas,


    the proportion of the poor living in urban areas is increasing. In
    Asia, the number of urban poor has risen in several countries.
    It is obvious that urban poverty appears to be a growing
    challenge Asia has to face as the economy becomes more
    prosperous and urbanised.h up and are unable to respond effectively.

    In almost all of the places in the Philippines today, inequality—the gap between
    the rich and the poor—is quite high and often widening. Poverty has always been
    present. It is one of the biggest and most evident problems in the Philippines.
    Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of
    support. (Merriam Webster Dictionary, n.d.) Poverty and inequality in the
    Philippines remains a challenge.

    There are several causes on why a huge number of people in the Philippines
    experience poverty. One of which is the inequality in the income distribution. The
    rich earns higher income than the poor. This unequal income distribution will
    cause the rich and their families to get richer and the poor to only get poorer to
    the point of not being able to acquire basic necessities. Another cause is the lack
    of quality education. Since not all people are able to have the best quality of
    education, many of them will have a hard time competing with graduates from
    other countries in terms of getting a job. The lack of jobs is another factor on
    experiencing poverty. (Asian Developent Bank, 2009) Since there is a lack of jobs,
    it would increase the number of unemployed people. Unemployed individuals will
    not be able to earn a living thus need to depend on others who are employed for

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    basic needs. Also, overpopulation contributes on why a huge number of people in
    the Philippines experience poverty. With a rapidly growing population, it will be
    hard to accommodate all the people in the labor force. It will be hard to ensure
    the every Filipino will be able to get a job and earn a living. The more people that
    is unemployed, the more people will suffer from poverty and have trouble
    accommodating their basic needs. Another cause is corruption. Instead of having
    to improve the country by the means of the money of the people, it ends up in
    the pockets of some unjust politicians causing the condition of the country to
    worsen. (Shah, 2014)

    As the poverty in the Philippines continue to worsen, the people, mostly in the
    state of poverty, experiences consequences. One of which is experiencing health
    problems. Since they are in bad living condition and they are not able to sustain
    their needs, they are much prone to having health problems. Also, poverty in the
    Philippines increases crime rate. Poverty causes people who are desperate for
    money to rob and do crimes for easy cash. (Asian Development Bank, 2009)
    Lastly, child labor is one of the effects of poverty. Children no longer go to school
    in order to work to be able to survive. (Uy, n.d.)

    Many people suffer from poverty. In order to avoid poverty, we should solve the
    causes such as unequal income distribution, lack of quality education, lack of jobs,
    overpopulation, and corruption. If we are able to solve this problem, we would
    lessen poverty, thus, would help lessen health problems, crime rate and child
    labor.

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