Combating Poverty

For some people, poverty is a way of life, placing food on the table every day, putting the clothes on his back. For others, this is just what you see on television, but it is still not easy to understand. This is usually true for healthy people, money does not matter. Because there are no important items such as clothes, cars, accessories etc, we may explain the characteristics of poverty. But for those living in this situation, this may mean that there is no basic necessities.

Appendix i: Poverty Indicator uses 60% of the median household income as a threshold for monitoring poverty progress monitoring. If we are aiming to significantly reduce poverty over the last two decades, we need a way to monitor progress and to determine relative success or failure on a daily basis. We need simple indicators to help evaluate the effectiveness of public policy in achieving the Foundation overall goals. This will help to gain general support for using resources for clear goals. It is also easy for the government to be responsible for existing or future efforts to reduce poverty.

President Johnson is known for major policy reforms to eradicate poverty. Welfare is a social program aimed at eradicating poverty, a controversial issue for many years, has been reformed under the guidance of the Clinton administration and the Bush administration. In 1996, President Bill Clinton brought welfare reform to Congress with the help of the Republican Party. Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole led the reform. - "What is poverty? Poverty is starvation Poverty is a lack of evacuation Poverty is disease and can not be treated Poverty can not be read Tired of a dirty water Poverty is helpless, expression and liberty are lacking. "(World Bank, 2009)