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In class we talked about Muhammad Yunus, an important human rights defender. As an economist and banker, he's the creator of modern microcredit, that is, a system of small loans intended for entrepreneurs who are too poor to obtain credit from traditional banking circuits. He realized that through tiny loans and financial services, he could help poor people lift themselves out of poverty. In 1983 he established the Grameen Bank (the Village Bank), founded on his belief that credit was a basic human right.

Yunus has saved millions of people from poverty. But how's the situation in Italy?

Young people in Italy are increasingly poor. Working and income conditions of younger groups are worsening. The percentage of those who neither train nor study is increasing. A situation that damages the whole country. And it pushes us, young people, to emigrate.

Italy is surely not a country for young people. Of the 5.6 million absolute poor people in 2021 in Italy, 6 out of 10 have inherited this condition from their parents. We need a framework law on young people and we immediately need a pact for youth employment, which among other things is one of the obligations contained in the 2030 Agenda. In Italy 24.6% of young people are at risk of poverty. The European average is 20%.

School dropouts, but not only that: what is eating into the future of children in Italy is the growing educational poverty in the country. There are too many children who do not have the opportunity to visit an exhibition, go to the cinema, read a book, play sports: cultural impoverishment is dramatically increasing, in parallel with the worsening of the economic and social conditions of families.

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The term poverty refers to the state or condition in which people or communities lack the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. As such, their basic human needs cannot be met. People and families who live in poverty may go without proper housing, clean water, healthy food, and medical attention. Each nation may have its own criteria for determining the poverty line and counting how many of its people live in poverty. Poverty is a socioeconomic condition that is the result of multiple factors—not just income. These factors include race, sexual identity, sexual orientation, and little to no access to education, among others.

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Poverty is both an individual concern as well as a broader social problem. On the individual or household level, not being able to make ends meet can lead to a range of physical and mental issues. At the societal level, high poverty rates can be a damper on economic growth and be associated with problems like crime, unemployment, urban decay, education, and poor health.

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Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.

Poverty-stricken people and families might go without proper housing, clean water, healthy food, and medical attention.

Poverty is an individual concern as well as a broader social problem.

Welfare programs are used by governments to help alleviate poverty.

Poverty is the result of multiple factors, not simply income.

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Poverty is a difficult cycle to break and often passes from one generation to the next. It is often determined by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and geography, as well as drug addiction, depression, and mental health issues.

Access to good schools, healthcare, electricity, clean drinking water, and other critical services remains elusive for many Other root causes of poverty include:

Limited to no job growth

Poor infrastructure

Conflict and war

High cost of living

Social barriers

Lack of government support

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As noted above, poverty isn't simply related to income levels. In fact, there are a number of factors that can push people into or below the poverty line. Discrimination is just one of those issues. Put simply, people are prevented from living with and enjoying certain rights because of who they are.

Some of the most common groups of people who may experience this type of discrimination include (but aren't limited to):

People living with HIV/AIDS

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Women, including single mothers

Members of the LGBTQ+ community

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The United Nations and the World Bank are major advocates of reducing world poverty. The World Bank has an ambitious target of reducing poverty to less than 3% of the global population by 2030.11 Some of the actionable plans to eliminate poverty include the following:

Installing wells that provide access to clean drinking water

Educating farmers on how to produce more food

Constructing shelter for those in need

Building schools to educate disadvantaged communities

Providing enhanced access to better healthcare services by building medical clinics and hospitals

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The answer to this question is complicated and nuanced. If it were easy or obvious, poverty would no longer be such a big issue. Social welfare programs and private philanthropy are ways to provide for those in poverty, along with access to essentials like clean water, good food, and adequate healthcare. However, more is needed. Programs that encourage impoverished individuals to obtain skills, jobs, and education are also important as a longer-term cure.

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Poverty has decreased in developed countries since the Industrial Revolution. Increased production reduced the cost of goods, making them more affordable, while advancements in agriculture increased crop yields, as well as food production.

The international poverty line is a monetary threshold under which an individual is considered to be living in poverty. The current international poverty line is $2.15 per day.

Many people around the globe still struggle to make ends meet. According to the World Bank, an estimated 719 million people lived in extreme poverty

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The impact of poverty on children is substantial. Children who grow up in poverty typically suffer from severe and frequent health problems; infants born into poverty have an increased chance of low birth weight, which can lead to physical and mental disabilities.

In certain developing countries, poverty-stricken infants are nine times more likely to die in their first month compared to babies born in high-income countries. Those who live may have hearing and vision problems.