Hidden and more hideous faces of global poverty: Actually, there is more poverty in the world than we realize — than we officially acknowledge. And, ironically, we're all in it together.

28. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Poverty, by any other name,
is:
Deprivation:Material Deprivation
Non-Material Deprivation

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Joblessness. Lack of money.
Hunger. Starvation. Preventable diseases.
Landlessness. Homelessness.
Lack of access to basic resources and services:
Education
Health care
Justice
Information
The good things of life
Etc.
Material Deprivations

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Non-Material Deprivations
Social Deprivation
Cultural Deprivation
Political Deprivation
Emotional Deprivation
Spiritual Deprivation
Epistemological Deprivation
Metaphysical Deprivation; Others

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Social Deprivation
Marginalization: Sense of being
excluded from, or not consulted in
discussions and decisions on matters
that affect one’s life and the future of
one’s children.

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Lack of opportunity to see, to appreciate,
or to enjoy other people’s artistic and
cultural expressions and products.
Inadequate opportunity to develop and to
express one’s own artistic, cultural, scientific,
and intellectual abilities and talents.
Cultural Deprivation

33. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Inability to participate
in:
Public discussions
Policy decisions
Action planning
Policy executions
Inadequate opportunity
to express or share one’s:
Ideas
Views
Opinions
Suggestions
Political Deprivation

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Denigrated
Victimized
Patronized
Stigmatized
Tolerated
Exploited
Dehumanized
Condescended
Emotional Deprivation

35. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Emotional Deprivation (contd.)
:
Guilt
Shame
Humiliation
Alienation
Worthlessness
Inferiority
Insignificance
Indignity
Rejection
Exclusion

36. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Sense of disconnect from others – of not being|
important, valued, and needed by other people.
Alienation – feelings of loneliness in a
crowded world. “Bowling alone.”
“Eating alone” and “fighting alone”
Rootlessness – sense of being apart from, or
outside of the natural world.
Loss of Community

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Exclusion from certain activities based on
gender, age, ethnic, racial, or other illogical
considerations.
Sense that one can do something, and not be
called upon to do it
Belief that one can make useful contribution,
but not having the chance to prove oneself.
Limiting Scope of Existence

38. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Feelings that one has nothing
important to contribute to society.
Fear that what one has to contribute
might not be listened to, appreciated,
or taken seriously.
Personal Sense of Inadequacy

39. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Fear – having to constantly look over one’s
shoulder.
Apprehensions and uncertainty – a world in
which no one knows what to expect next.
Loss of confidence in the future – fear that
one might lose one’s accustomed way of life.
Vulnerability and Insecurity

40. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Personal sense of futility.
Inability to recognize and to express one’s
uniqueness.
Inability to find purpose and direction in life.
Inability to engage one’s special abilities in
things that one is passionate about.
Meaninglessness

41. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Having everything, but feeling that it is
still not enough
Having the means to live, but not the
meaning to live for
Having neither the means to live, nor the
meaning to live for.
Meaninglessness (contd.)

42. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Deep feelings of emptiness and unfulfillment.
Inadequate opportunity to:
 Develop and express one’s authentic nature.
Live up to one’s potential – maximize one’s
natural abilities.
Do things that one is specially gifted to do.
Feel personally and deeply connected with
some higher, transcendent purposes.
Spiritual Deprivation

43. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Sense of being out of touch with oneself and
out of tune with the natural world.
Sense of personal inadequacy in such enduring
moral and ethical values as: Authenticity.
Love. Truth. Justice. Peace. Brotherhood.
Common Humanity. etc.
Spiritual Deprivation (contd.)

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Obsolete, rigid, “politically correct,” at
times blatantly false bodies of knowledge –
ideas, doctrines, logics, dogmas, myths,
theories, beliefs, assumptions – that are not
in sync with reality; but that are commonly
propagated, accepted, and acted upon as
valid, or true.
Epistemological Deprivation

45. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Incomplete, mistaken, flawed, but generally accepted
pictures of reality and interpretations of the world.
Framework of values, assumptions, and belief
systems
that ignores non-sensate phenomena – things we
currently cannot see, touch, hear, or measure.
Fundamentally negative view of human nature
that tends to constrain people’s natural abilities and
the maximization of human potential.
Metaphysical Deprivation

46. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
Here’s a selection of provocative insights,
intriguing perspectives, and alternative
proposals brought together to expand
encourage public and global conversations
about hidden but more pernicious forms
of deprivation that are afflicting the vast
majority of people and going largely
unnoticed.

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“The fundamental issues confronted
by any civilization or by any person
in his or her life are issues of
meaning.”
-Morris Berman

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“The disease of civilization is not so
much the material poverty of the
many as the decay of the spirit of
freedom and self-confidence.”
-G. D. H. Cole and W. Mellor

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Many so-called mental and emotional
illnesses are really symptoms of an underlying
sense of meaninglessness or emptiness.”
-Stephen R. Covey

51. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“How many flowers
Die in the woods
Or fail in the hills
Without the privilege
To know that they
Are beautiful?”
-Emily Dickinson

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Modern psychology is coming to
recognize that we all have within us a
tremendous source of creativity, energy
and happiness, and that we are all
moving toward the goal of tapping that
source and living a fulfilled, joyful life.”
-Jack Forem

53. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Ever more people today have
the means to live but not the
meaning to live for.”
-Viktor Frankl

54. GLOBAL POVERTY
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“When men are already
dehumanized, due to the oppression
they suffer, the process of their
liberation must not employ the
method of dehumanization.”
-Paulo Freire

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Most of us go to our graves
with our music still inside,
unplayed [unheard].”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Spirituality must not be understood as
something added on to life. Rather, it is
something which permeates all human
activities and experiences rather than
being additional to them.”
-Willis Harman and John Hormann

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“All versions of the modern paradigm fail to
give the contemporary person the sense of being
a useful and necessary member of the social
whole which in turn is geared into a meaningful
plan of existence within the totality of a cosmic
or divine order.”
-Willis Harman and John Hormann

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Shall the wretched of the earth be fed,
clothed, and housed? Or, more
precisely, will the world be reorganized
– re-created – so that they can feed,
clothe, and house themselves?”
-Michael Harrington

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“There are scientists who are out
make love disappear in the name
of scientific progress.”
-Harold Kushner

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“It is terribly frustrating to know
that you can do something and not
be called upon to do it, or to believe
that you can do it and never have
the chance to find out.”
-Harold Kushner

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“The drive for meaning is the
strongest of all our value drives,
the one drive which ultimately
shapes all the rest.”
-Michael Maccoby

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“The ordinary man does not
subscribe to the notion that
his life is deprived.”
-Nancy Wilson Ross

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“For two-thirds of mankind, the aim of a
‘full and happy life’with steady
improvements of their lot, if not actually
receding, seems to be as far away as ever.”
-E. F. Schumacher

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“The ultimate goal of development is
not simply higher incomes, longer life
expectancies, or higher literacy rates,
but rather the capability for people and
communities to realize their full
responsible and creative potential.”
-John G. Sommer

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“How can we respond to human
suffering in ways that promote
dignity?”
-Charlene Spretnak

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“There is more hunger for love
and appreciation in this world
than for bread.”
-Saint (Mother) Teresa

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“Aren’t there plenty of rich people
who have no sense of higher
purpose, no personal mission
that serves others and leads
to their own spiritual growth.”
-Mark Thurston

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There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
“It’s a sad fact that in the modern world most
people never find out their life's purpose. Some
people who fail to do so are very successful by
worldly standards. They have money, power, and
prestige, but they aren't really happy. Something
deep inside them is dissatisfied and restless.
They may try to ignore or hide this feeling, but
often that leads to illness.”
-Mark Thurston

71. WHY RETHINK GLOBAL POVERTY?
There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
In an essentially interconnected,
interdependent, and interpenetrating
universe – where everything is both cause
and consequence of every other thing –
it is conceivable that non-material
deprivations are implicated in material
deprivation; and, of course, vice versa.

72. There is More Poverty in the World than We Realize
It is further reasonable to suggest
that Poverty Eradication will succeed
only to the extent that all forms of
deprivation – material and non-
material – are recognized and solved.
WHY RETHINK GLOBAL POVERTY?