The chronic poverty report 2014-2015: The road to zero extreme poverty

For the poorest people, moving out of poverty can be an enormous challenge. But continuing to stay out of poverty for the rest of their lives is a much greater and for some, impossible, task. Many people rise above the poverty line only to tumble back beneath it.

This report demonstrates that escaping from poverty is not a one-way street – many families slide back below the poverty line because of factors such as ill-health, job loss and natural disasters. This is the case even in countries where the economies are growing. The authors of the report set out three policies for progress:

• Social assistance – to provide a safety net for the poor
• Huge investment in education – to improve the standard of living of the poorest
• Economic Growth which benefits the poorest – national prosperity for all.

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