Poverty Cycle

What is the cycle of Poverty?

The cycle of poverty has been described as a phenomenon where poor families become trapped in poverty for generations because they have no or limited access to critical resources, such as:

·       Education

·       Financial services

Subsequent generations are also impoverished.

There are multiple cycles of poverty-based on, among other things.

·       Economic,

·       Social

·       Spiritual and

·       Geographical factors

Many cycles overlap or perpetrate new cycles and therefore any attempt to depict the cycle of poverty will be far more simplistic than realistic.

The figure below shows – in very simplistic terms- how a cycle of poverty related to hunger keeps a person or household poor in one of the world’s developing countries.