poverty trap

noun

Meaning

A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.

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Related words

ecoapartheid(English)trickle-down hypothesis(English)ptochocracy(English)paradox of thrift(English)dualistic development(English)trickle down hypothesis(English)flypaper theory(English)socioeconomy(English)

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