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Nearly half a billion people are trapped in chronic poverty \u2013 poverty they experience over many years, often over their entire lives, and commonly pass poverty on to their children.<\/strong><\/p>\n Those living in chornic poverty die prematurely from preventable causes and experince\u00a0multi-dimensional deprivation \u2013 hunger, under-nutrition,\u00a0illiteracy, lack of access to basic services, and social isolation and exploitation. CPRC research<\/a> shows that they are economically active, but\u00a0poor quality and insecurity of work, and social discrimination\u00a0impacts on\u00a0their\u00a0economic prospects and access to basic services.<\/p>\n The long duration of chronic poverty shows that it is also structural \u2013 underpinned by\u00a0 social, economic and political systems. If\u00a0not\u00a0addressed urgently, today’s poor may also be tomorrow’s poor.<\/p>\n People in chronic poverty have benefited least from economic growth and development. They, and their children, will make up the majority of the 900 million people who will still be in poverty in 2015, even if the Millennium Development Goals\u00a0are met. International efforts to reduce poverty cannot be selectively applied, with chronically poor people excluded on the basis that they are too hard to reach.<\/p>\n The\u00a0MDGs can be fully achieved only if chronic poverty is tackled effectively. This means that\u00a0understanding the manifestations, attributes and social dynamics of chronic poverty\u00a0to develop\u00a0additional\u00a0national and international interventions is crucial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The remaining period\u00a0to 2015 should be used intensively to experiment with approaches and programmes which can help set the direction towards this goal.<\/p>\n CPRC research suggests that millions of people will remain in poverty without\u00a0 policies that specifically address their situation.<\/strong>\u00a0Current efforts to reduce poverty often neglect the chronically poor \u2013 which also affects economic growth.\u00a0As countries move to reduce absolute poverty, more of the poverty that will be left behind is chronic, increasing the urgency to tackle chronic poverty.<\/p>\n But current knowledge of what works for the poorest, and growing evidence that there are policies that can address chronic poverty, reveals that eradicating chronic poverty is possible. Avoiding taking action in an affluent world that has the knowledge and resources to eradicate it,\u00a0is not just morally unjust, but also\u00a0impacts on\u00a0a state\u2019s political legitimacy.<\/p>\n Nearly half a billion people are trapped in chronic poverty \u2013 poverty they experience over many years, often over their entire lives, and commonly pass poverty on to their children. Those living in chornic poverty die prematurely from preventable causes and experince\u00a0multi-dimensional deprivation \u2013 hunger, under-nutrition,\u00a0illiteracy, lack of access to basic services, and social isolation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chronicpoverty.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Chronic poverty and the MDGs<\/h3>\n
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Why does chronic poverty matter?<\/h3>\n
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