The Role Of Extreme Poverty In The United States

Poverty means people are unable to access basic needs such us food, shelter and even education, and lack of stable income for sustainable livelihood. United Nations define it as “ it is a denial of choices and lack of opportunities, lack of capacity to participate society, not able to attend school and access of clinic, no easy access for food and not able to get a job, it also often refers to fragile environment ” (United Nations, 1998). Poverty reduction means reducing the number of people experiencing extreme poverty.
United Nations wants to eradicate or wipe out extreme poverty by 2030. Is it really possible to achieve it in just 15 years? According to un.org as of 2015 there are over 836 million people experiencing extreme poverty, majority