POBERTY

CAUSES

• Political inestability
• Discrimination
• Social inequality
• Vulnerability to natural disasters
• Worklessness
• Low paid work
• Inadequate benefits
• Lack of education
• Overpopulation. 10. Historical reason

CONSEQUENCES

• Increased rate of homeless people.
• Increased crime rate. 10. Terrorism
• Increased risk of war. 11. Violence
• High infant mortality. 12. Depression
• High annual death rate. 13. Diet deseases
• Increase in hygiene diseases. 14. Adictions
• Mass emigration of population.
• Genocide (extreme case). 15. Health problems
• Children's development (physically & mentally)

ABSOLUTE & RELATIVE POVERTY

• Absolute poverty it's the lack of one or more basic needs over a period long enough that it endangers your life; while relative covers vital and biological needs to maintain the average standard of living on a society.
• Examples: A=lack of nutrition
• R=driving a used car when your neighbor just bought a new one.

WORLD BANK

• Poverty; "Defined as whether households or individuals have enough resources or abilities today to meet their needs" (World Bank, 2011)
• Amount needed:

EXTREME POVERTY

• "Condition where by an individual lacks the opportunity to make meaningful choices that will sustainably improve his or her life" (World Bank, 2011)
• Amount: $1.25

CONEVAL

• It's a Mexican government agency that aims to coordinate actions aimed at achieving the objectives, strategies and priorities of the National Policy for Social Development, design, operation nd evaluation of public initiatives of social development in the country.

HOW DO WE MEASURE POVERTY IN MEXICO?

PEOPLE IN CASE OF POVERTY

JULIO BOLVINIK

• 18.8 million people have not the chance to obtain basic needs like food; 25% of Mexican communities are in poverty and 52 million people are currently living under the healthy line.

UNEMPLOYMENT

• Situation where someone of working age is not able to get a job but would like to be in full time employment.
• Variables:
• Demand, labour fource and claimant count.

UNEMPLOYMENT CALCULATION

• Unemployed is divided by labor force times 100 to get a percentage.

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