poverty alleviation
Lessening economic hardship
Poverty alleviation is the effort to reduce or eliminate poverty through policy, aid, or economic development.
The term appears frequently in discussions of international development, government programs, and charitable work: The organization focuses on poverty alleviation in rural communities.
Alleviation suggests lessening rather than complete eradication—making conditions better without promising to solve the problem entirely.
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- microfinanceSmall loans for poor entrepreneurs
- community developmentOrganized local betterment efforts
- grassroots initiativesCommunity-led efforts for change
- education accessAvailability of schooling
vocational training · universal basic income · income support · human rights · fair trade · food security · basic needs · minimum wage laws · nutrition programs · housing assistance · land reform · debt relief · clean water access · aid programs · financial literacy · wealth redistribution · social safety nets · healthcare services
poverty alleviationimpoverishment
State of extreme deprivation
pauperization · economic decline · destitution · dispossession · downward mobility
poverty alleviationexploitation
Selfish use of others
resource extraction · wealth hoarding · austerity · predatory lending · wage suppression
poverty alleviationwealth creation
Generating lasting financial gains
wealth accumulation · economic growth · trickle-down economics · plutocracy · entrepreneurship