1. Third World Poverty and United Sates Poverty

2. What is Poverty? “Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.” (What is Poverty?, 2008) What poverty means to me personally is not having that capability to provide for a family, and what I mean by that is not being able to provide for food, a shelter, clothes, transportation anything that would not be a fulfillment to our “basic needs” -Katrina

3. What is the Cause of Poverty? Lack of education Overpopulation Corruption Economic Problems Health Lack of Food

4. Poverty in U.S Social security. Welfare. Education. Government over spending. Military. Bad choices.

5. Poverty in a Third World Country Lack of education Unstable government Crimes Poor economy Lack of medical/health care Being indebted to other countries

6. World Poverty

8. REFERENCES What is poverty? - Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation. (2008). Retrieved from http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/co ntent/what_is_poverty.html