What causes poverty?
It’s a question that has been asked for generations—what causes poverty and what can be done about it? The definition of extreme poverty is earning less than $1.90 per day. Globally, around 736 million people are in this group, many of them children.1 So, what can we do? It’s already being done and it is extremely successful. We can’t let down our efforts!
It’s important to identify the main causes of poverty and then work hard to build bridges of hope.
What causes poverty?
Here are four main causes:
When people lack necessities like clean water, safe shelter, food and medical care, they are likely to be in poverty. Lacking one or more of these four raises the risk of falling below the poverty line. When almost 3 billion people have no access to toilets and almost 1 billion lack clean drinking water, they are fighting the odds. When 2.7 million newborns die within their first month of life, we know that medical care is not readily accessible to mothers.2
Second, a lack of education often causes poverty. Estimates show that 1.6 billion children can not attend primary school during the COVID-19 pandemic.3 When people are provided educational opportunities, they can learn skills that impact their potential to earn income and provide for their families.
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