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

-          Geographical Factors

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

The figure below shows 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.