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Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics classic Progress and Poverty , are those that raise, or are intended to raise, ways of enabling the poor to ...
A number of articles have found linkages between poverty reduction and good governance. [329] Some find that economic growth is more impactful at reducing poverty in well governed countries. [330] [331] [332] Others find that there is a direct effect of governance on poverty reduction.
Theories on the causes of poverty are the foundation upon which poverty reduction strategies are based. While in developed nations poverty is often seen as either a personal or a structural defect, in developing nations the issue of poverty is more profound due to the lack of governmental funds.
Building on this, Boeri assesses the abilities of the different social models to reduce poverty and income inequality. [12] His findings show that the reduction in inequality through redistribution is lowest in the Mediterranean countries with 35%, while the Nordic countries have the highest redistribution with a 42% reduction.
The culture of poverty emerges as a key concept in Michael Harrington's discussion of American poverty in The Other America. [9] For Harrington, the culture of poverty is a structural concept defined by social institutions of exclusion that create and perpetuate the cycle of poverty in America. [9] Chicago ghetto on the South Side, May 1974
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are documents required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank before a country can be considered for debt relief within the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. [1] [2] PRSPs are also required before low-income countries can receive aid from most major donors and lenders. [2]
Woodcut-16th century: gentleman giving alms to beggar. In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of helping the poor.
The primary goal of a guaranteed minimum income is reduction of poverty. Under more unconditional requirements, when citizenship is the sole qualification, the program becomes a universal basic income (UBI) system. Unlike a guaranteed minimum income, UBI does not typically take into account what a recipient already earns before receiving a UBI.