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Poverty: Theory and Practice What is poverty exactly? Poverty is not having any food to eat, can’t see a physician when you’re sick, very limited education-many can’t even read or write, and living in unsanitary places. Poverty doesn’t just effect one gender or national or race, but it’s a worldwide crisis. Although poverty has dropped in East Asia and improving in Southeast Asia, it is a major problem in Europe, …

…number people living on less than a dollar a day in half by 2015. In social development, completing universal primary education in all countries by 2015, eliminate gender disparity in education by 2005, reduce infant and maternal mortality rate by two-thirds and three-fourth respectively by 2015, and ensure reproductive heath services. Additionally, the UN also calls for implementing national strategy for sustainable development by 2005. Achieving these goals will not be easy, but it will no doubt help alleviate poverty.