Previous Year Question

In 1995, at the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen, Denmark, a clear definition of Absolute Poverty was adopted.

According to this definition, Absolute Poverty is a condition in which a person suffers severe deprivation of basic human needs such as food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.

An important feature of this concept is that poverty is not measured only by a lack of income, but also by access to essential social services.

The Summit also described poverty in a broader social context, including hunger, malnutrition, poor health, inadequate housing, social exclusion and lack of participation in decision-making.

Thus—

World Summit for Social Development → Copenhagen → 1995 → Definition of Absolute Poverty