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...

The Poverty Point culture is the archaeological culture of a prehistoric indigenous peoples who inhabited a portion of North America's lower Mississippi...

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

had a poverty rate of 15.5%, (or roughly 17.54 million Filipinos), significantly lower than the 49.2 percent recorded in 1985 through years of government...

This is a list of countries and territories by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization...

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

theories on the causes of poverty: "Behavioral theories concentrate on individual behaviors as driven by incentives and culture. Structural theories emphasize...

by the Poverty Point culture, located in present-day northeastern Louisiana. Evidence of the Poverty Point culture extends throughout much of the Southeastern...

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