Poverty and Social Impact Analysis PSIA serves as a tool to assess both the economic and social impact of reforms on different social and income groups. Sustainable Development. Social Protection. Social and Solidarity Economy.
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Toggle navigation Welcome to the United Nations. Building forward together Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet The COVID pandemic that gripped the world during the past year has resulted in reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty and extreme poverty.
Between and 32 percent of Americans had at least one spell of poverty lasting two or more months. During the same period chronic poverty was relatively low, with only 2. These figures tell us that the poor are not a static group and that widespread economic insecurity has pushed millions of Americans into poverty or at risk of falling into poverty at some point during their lives.
In more than one in five children— 22 percent —lived below the official poverty line. Children who live in families below the poverty line, even for short periods, are at greater risk of lower cognitive development , educational attainment, increased reliance on public benefits, and increased rates of incarceration. Consequently, children who grow up in poverty are more likely to have lower lifetime earnings due to the poverty-related risks.
This means they are far less likely to grow up to become positive contributors to our economy and our society. Poor children are much more likely to have lower birth weight , and infants living in poor households face higher rates of food insecurity, which impairs healthy development.
As adults, lower-income individuals experience higher rates of illness , disease, and disabilities than those who have higher incomes. They have higher rates of chronic disease such as hypertension, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol. These conditions are exacerbated by the frequent lack of health insurance and access to medical care among lower-income individuals.
Consequently, the life expectancies for poor individuals are much lower than those with high incomes. One estimate showed that individuals with low incomes had life expectancies 25 percent lower than those with higher incomes. Low-income and poor families face significant economic pressure as they struggle to pay bills and make ends meet.
This economic pressure, coupled with other stressful events that are more prevalent in the lives of poor families, create high levels of psychological distress, including depression among poor parents. By , build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.
Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions. Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions.
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