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Prelude to the Chronic Poverty Report 2008: Escaping poverty traps
posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:41 AM by Andrew Shepherd

It is clear that many of today's poor will simply stay poor, even if economic growth is sustained. They are caught in one or more of five poverty traps: insecurity of life or livelihood; weak citizenship status; living in a deprived area; experiencing social discrimination; or held back by poor quality work. The second international Chronic Poverty Report, launched next week, shows that the poorest can be included in progress. .. (more)

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