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How is global poverty a source of insecurity? Explain.
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- High per capita income and low population growth make rich groups get richer, where as low incomes and high population growth make poor groups get poorer.
- Poverty also led to large scale migration to seek a better life.
- It can create armed conflicts.
- It caused population growth mainly in South Asian poor countries.
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