Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have...

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line...

In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes include...

Poverty in India remains a major challenge despite overall reductions in the last several decades as its economy grows. According to an International...

In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited, preventing subsequent generations from escaping it. It is caused...

Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift...

Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human...

Poverty grass is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Any of several grasses that grow in poor or sandy soil, for example: Aristida dichotoma...

Poverty Point State Historic Site/Poverty Point National Monument (French: Pointe de Pauvreté; 16 WC 5) is a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the...

The causes of poverty may vary with respect to nation, region, and in comparison with other countries at the global level. Yet, there is a commonality...

The culture of poverty is a concept in social theory that asserts that the values of people experiencing poverty play a significant role in perpetuating...

Poverty Bay (Māori: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa), officially named Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay, is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New...

The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union...

2023, official government statistics reported that the Philippines had a poverty rate of 15.5%, (or roughly 17.54 million Filipinos), significantly lower...

Diseases of poverty, also known as poverty-related diseases, are diseases that are more prevalent in low-income populations. They include infectious diseases...

Poverty is measured in different ways by different bodies, both governmental and nongovernmental. Measurements can be absolute, which references a single...

Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty. This phenomenon...

Multidimensional Poverty Indices use a range of indicators to calculate a summary poverty figure for a given population, in which a larger figure indicates...

Poverty porn, also known as pornography of poverty, development porn, famine porn, or stereotype porn, has been defined as "any type of media, be it written...

This is a list of Nigerian states by poverty rate as of 2019. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The...

The Poverty of Philosophy (French: Misère de la philosophie) is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where he lived in exile from...

The Poverty of Historicism is a 1944 book by the philosopher Karl Popper (revised in 1957), in which the author argues that the idea of historicism is...

international poverty line. This severe poverty is caused by economic inequality, government corruption and health problems. In turn, poverty also worsens...

Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no...

the three evangelical counsels, or counsels of perfection, are chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience. As stated by Jesus in the canonical...

Poverty Island is a 186 acre uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan. It is one of an archipelago of islands across the entrance to Green Bay and...

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy is an 1879 book...

Poverty Row is a slang term for small Hollywood studios that produced B movies from the 1920s to the 1950s, typically with much smaller budgets and lower...

Poverty in South America is prevalent in most of its countries. Those that have the highest rates of poverty per population are Suriname, Bolivia and Venezuela...

Corporate poverty is the practice of refusing to own property, either individually or corporately. This practice of Middle Ages religious communities...