because they haveso little, it does not take much to make life worse for them
cycle of poverty
the lack of basic resources creates barriers that prevent people from obtaining those resources
barriers of full development
poverty prevents people from developing their potenial
Dr. Maslow
proposed a theory of human motivation based on a hierarchy of human needs
chronic
they never have enough food to give the body the nutrients needed to grow and maintain
starvation
when the body does not recieve enough calories to maintain itself
malnutrition
gets enough calories to prevent their body from feeding on itself
literally homeless
without shelter
hidden homeless
people whose poverty prevents them from living in true homes
affordable housing shortage
more people work for less money, low costing houses have decreased
refugess
people who are displaced from their homes by war or poitical presecution
ethnic cleansing
vicitms of intenional attempts by political factions to displace specfic ethnic groups from their homes
resource extraction
poor countries attempt to support their weak economies by exporting cash crops
government by the elite
tend to favor the interests of wealthy, not poor
foreign aid problems
offers small amounts to poorest nations
discrimination
people judged for their background
conflict fueled by arms sales
military spending by poor countries is encouraged by rich countries that make and sell weapons
debt crisis
poor countries owe billions of loan repayments to banks and wealthy nations, and paying interest on these loans takes money from social programs that could eliminate poverty
