Global Issues/Povertycc
Welcome to Concept Corner! Key concepts for this module are:
Poverty Poverty can be defined in a number of ways, and has economic, social, cultural and political components. At its most basic level, poverty means lacking the minimum income required to meet basic needs. The specific income threshold varies substantially between countries, according to the cost of living within each. Find out more here: UNESCO, ‘Poverty’ Extreme Poverty Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than $1.25 a day, usually on the edge of subsistence and without being able to meet the most basic daily needs for food, shelter and medicine. Find out more in the required reading in Activity Three.
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The Millennium Development Goals are a set of eight international development goals agreed upon by the international community in 2000, with targets to be achieved by 2015. Find out more here: UN, ‘Millennium Development Goals’
