Poverty Impact Analysis

POVERTY IMPACT ANALYSIS

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Poverty Impact Analysis

Introduction

Poverty impact analysis refers to the process involved in the analysis of the impact of reforms on policy on the welfare or wellbeing of the various groups of stakeholders which focuses on the vulnerable and the poor. The process seeks to identify and analyze the actual as well as the anticipated results of poverty in the daily lives of the people of the people involved. The purpose of carrying out such an analysis is in order to enable the policy makers to be able to comprehend the unintended and the intended consequences of their intervening roles. It helps governments to create policies that project the development and economic progress of its population. This is because the social burden imposed on the government as a result of poverty is overbearing. Consequently the government has had to carry out such analyses that would serve as a yardstick to inform on the policies that need to be implemented to alleviate the situation. Currently, there are no bills that oblige the state governments to implement the recommendations from such reports but some states such as California have began implementing recommendations from the poverty impact projection reports.

Problem Statement

This paper will examine my family in which I am the sole breadwinner. I have a wife and two children both under ten years old. I work two jobs simultaneously; one part time and the other full time. Both jobs pay $7.25 per hour. I am forced to work a total of sixty hours every week. I do not receive any benefits from the companies I work for, including a paid leave or health insurance. My wife has no job as she was laid off and currently spends time taking care of the children.

Due to the fact that my family is still intact, we are eligible for the food stamps provided by the government worth $300 per month. The children also benefit from the Children’s Health Insurance Program....