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A blossary of poverty-related terms.

Category: Politics

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Homelessness is the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing, or lack ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

Poverty is the state of human beings who are poor. That is, they have little or no material means of surviving—little or no food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, education, and other physical means of ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

Guaranteed minimum income (GMI) (also called minimum income) is a system of social welfare provision that guarantees that all citizens or families have an income sufficient to live on, provided they ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

Economic freedom or economic liberty or right to economic liberty denotes the ability of members of a society to undertake economic direction and actions. This is a term used in economic and policy ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to impoverished borrowers who typically lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history. It is designed not only to ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

Simple living encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle. These may include reducing one's possessions or increasing self-sufficiency, for example. ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

In economics, the cycle of poverty is the "set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention." The cycle of poverty has ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

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