poverty trap
1Poverty trap — – poverty trap is a scenario where people experience poverty due to circumstances beyond their control. The trap becomes cyclical and begins to reinforce itself if steps are not taken to break the cycle. Depending upon a person’s origin of birth …
2poverty trap — poverty traps N COUNT If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases …
3poverty trap — poverty ,trap noun count a situation in which someone remains poor because they cannot get a job that will pay them more money than they get from the government …
4poverty trap — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a situation in which an increase in someone s income is offset by a consequent loss of state benefits …
5poverty trap — noun a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …
6Poverty Trap — A mechanism which makes it very difficult for people to escape poverty. A poverty trap is created when an economic system requires a significant amount of various forms of capital in order to earn enough to escape poverty. When individuals lack… …
7poverty trap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms poverty trap : singular poverty trap plural poverty traps a situation in which someone remains poor because they cannot get a job that will pay them more money than they get from the government …
8poverty trap — The poverty trap refers to the position when an increase in earnings results in a loss of income tested benefit payments which – combined with liability for income tax and other deductions – means that the recipient is no better off. This… …
9poverty trap — The situation low income individuals or families may face when taking up paid employment or securing higher earnings, if the loss of means tested state welfare benefits and/or new income tax payments are equal to, or even exceed additional… …
10poverty trap — /ˈpɒvəti træp/ (say povuhtee trap) noun a state of poverty from which it is difficult to escape because any attempt to improve one s circumstances by seeking employment leaves one worse off than one was when totally dependent on social security,… …
