Poverty 2039: Exercises in Pro-Poor Foresight
Organisation: Institution for Alternative Futures (IAF)
Publish Date: 2013
Country: Global
Sector: Public
Method: Creative thinking
Theme: Poverty
Language: English
Tags: Poverty, Poverty alleviation, Lack of mobility, Nutrition, Diseases, Shelters, Clothing, Medication, Education
The most challenging barriers when thinking about poor populations are the tendencies of historians to ignore the poor for most of early history, the focus on Eurocentric histories, and the lack of a clear definition of poverty within the global discourse. For this project, we define poverty as a relative condition measured on both a global and local scale. Poor populations are typically distinguishable based upon their vulnerability to disease, natural disaster, conflict, crime and other dangers. The higher the vulnerability, the more likely the group is among the poorest in a particular region. The project regards poverty to be a symptom of multiple factors of social, political and economic deprivations.
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