" Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. "
We can define poverty as the condition where the basic needs of a family, like food, shelter, clothing, and education are not fulfilled. It can lead to other problems like poor literacy, unemployment, malnutrition, etc. A poor person is not able to get education due to lack of money and therefore remains unemployed. Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Poverty means that the income level from employment is so low that basic human needs can't be met.
On the basis of social, economical and political aspects, there are different ways to identify the type of Poverty:
• Absolute poverty - It is also known as extreme poverty or abject poverty, it involves the scarcity of basic food, clean water, health, shelter, education and information.
• Relative Poverty - Social perspective that is living standard compared to the economic standards of population living in surroundings.
• Situational Poverty - It is a temporary type of poverty based on occurrence of an adverse event like environmental disaster, job loss and severe health problem.
• Generational Poverty - It is handed over to individual and families from one generation to the one. This is more complicated as there is no escape because the people are trapped in its cause and unable to access the tools required to get out of it.
• Rural Poverty - It occurs in rural areas with population below 50,000. It is the area where there are less job opportunities, less access to services, less support for disabilities and quality education opportunities.
• Urban Poverty - It occurs in the metropolitan areas with population over 50,000. Causes are Limited access to health and education, Inadequate housing and services, Violent and unhealthy environment because of overcrowding, Little or no social protection mechanism.