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Poverty

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Poverty has many definitions to it, but it has two sectors absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is found in LEDS (less economically developed countries) such as Congo, Bangladesh, Brazil and many other different countries, absolute poverty means that the countries or person doesn't have the simple necessities of life such as clean water, food, sanitation, clothes from head to toe, or a roof over their head. Another type of poverty is relative poverty, relative poverty can be found in MEDC (more economically developed countries) these countries are countries such as Britain, America, Japan, and more in different places. Relative poverty means that they are poor but they have the simple facilities of life such as clean water, enough food for them to survive and maybe a shelter that they can use. There are many different causes for poverty; there are natural disasters, diseases, debt (inflation) war, crops, civil war....

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