And so it is that we are, in fact, seeking to direct our activities. Let me quickly review some of the conclusions of this study. They said first while poverty is rarely about the lack of one thing, the bottom line is that poor constantly live with hunger. Second, poverty has important psychological dimensions, such as powerlessness, voicelessness, dependency, shame and humiliation. Third, the poor lack access to basic infrastructure such as roads, transportation, clean water.
Illness is feared because of the cost of health care.
And when you're living on a dollar a day and you can't go out and earn something, the issue is not just one of being inconvenienced, it's an issue of having nothing to eat. At last, the poor rarely speak of income but, instead, focus on managing assets and the environment, social and human. We go on to say that they don't know who to trust. They don't know whether the police are agents of oppression or agents of help, but they typically come down on the side that they're agents of oppression. They don't know, as some said, whether you trust criminals or whether you trust the police.