Introduction

The basis of the problem is that human societies are composed of two distinct classes who live in the same country or state but whose situations with regard to the needs of life are by far most dissimilar. While the first of these two classes leads an affluent life, the other suffers from misery, poverty and privation. The existence of this class alongside with the first created the age-old problem of poverty and attracted the attention of prophets. philosophers and thinkers at all times and places with a view to solving it. Indeed, vigorous attempts are being made in all parts of the world in the hope of arriving at a decisive and satisfactory solution of this great human problem.