Post 5 - Understanding of Poverty and tackling this problem

Our country is considered an "economically-challenge" country. Half of our population of 100 million lives in poverty. Do a search on Philippine poverty. You will be guided on the following items. 1. What is poverty? On a global scale and in the Philippine topics. 2. What are the effects of poverty? 3. Before reading about poverty, what is your perception about the poor? 4. After reading about poverty, did it change your perception about the poor? If yes, write an essay on this. If no, why was there no change? Please site your bibliographic sources at the last page of your paper. Submission date 08 March.