Transcript Integra Ventures

The Poverty Trap
Material
Poverty
- Lack of strength
- Poor health
- Inadequate
hygiene
- Too many
dependents
- Lack of access to
services and
information
- Remote location
- Lack of education
- Excluded from the
system because of
race, gender, age or
political reasons.
- Lack of material assets
- Inadequate housing
- Poor nutrition
- No land, livestock or equipment
Physical
Weaknes
s
Vulnerability
Isolation
Powerlessness
Spiritual
Poverty
- Lack of trust
- Broken relationships with community
- Fear of supernatural powers
- Lack of hope and belief that change is possible
- Wrong choices
- Distorted picture of self and personal value.
- Lack of reserves
- No savings
- Lack of choices
- Easy to manipulate by
social conventions and
unproductive expenditures
- Difficult climate
conditions
- Lack of influence
- No social
connections
- Lack of social power
- Lack of political
participation
- Corrupt environment
- Lack of bargaining
tools
Drawing on the research of: Bryant Meyers, Robert Chambers, Jayakumar Christian. Vinay Sameul and Makonen Getu