1. W H A T E C O N O M I C S T R A T E G I E S H E L P T O E L I M I N A T E
P OV E R T Y ?
AN INTRO TO
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT

2. VIDEO CLIP QUESTIONS
JOHN LEGEND'S SHOW ME CAMPAIGN
1) What does the boy see in the village?
2) What might cause people in this village to have this standard of
living?
3) Why might some people stay stuck in a cycle of poverty?
4) How could this cycle be broken?

3. WHAT CAUSES POVERTY?
low income low levels of
education
the inability
to own land
discrimination geography age
limited access
to public
services
generational
poverty

4. WHAT CAUSES POVERTY TO CONTINUE FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION?
THE POVERTY CYCLE
2. Low savings
3. Low investment (human,
natural, & physical capital)
4. Low productivity of labor
and land5. Low growth in income
1. Low income

5. HOW DO YOU MEASURE
DEVELOPMENT?
Economic Indicator What It Measures
Adult Literacy Rate % of population 15 and above who can
read and write
Primary and Secondary School Enrollment % of school-age children enrolled in school
Human Development Index Includes: life expectancy, expected years of
schooling, standard of living
A ranking of 1 is the best.
Gender Equality Index Includes: reproductive health,
empowerment, participation in the labor
market

6. WHAT STRATEGIES ALLOW FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
JEFFREY SACHS GOES TO AFRICA

7. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
1) In what ways do you know poverty is rampant in the village?
What resources do these people lack? (What did you see?)
2) How might these challenges prevent economic development?
3) How might groups help to transform this village into a
Millennium Village?

8. HOMEWORK: STRATEGIES FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
JEFFREY SACHS, “THE END OF POVERTY”