Poverty is one of the biggest problems in the world today and continues to grow. Poverty is when you have no money or not enough to support yourself or your family. Poverty is one of the world's biggest problems, if not the biggest. Absolute poverty is when you have no clothing, food, shelter, health and work. In every part of the world there is someone in poverty. According to Anup Shah “Almost half of the world's population, over 3 billion people, live on less than $2.50 a day”. I think poverty will be solved one day, but it will probably take a long time. Poverty is important because it is widespread throughout the world and some people are in poverty because of their country's leader. Poverty has existed since the beginning of time and we have still done nothing to solve it or reduce its rate. Poverty can ruin an entire country because, if a country is in poor economic condition, its population will eventually start to decline or never increase. Poverty can sometimes cause epidemics because if people can't afford medicine and someone gets sick, the disease will spread...