"The first goal addresses the elimination of poverty which is more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods. It means:
Poverty has many dimensions, but its causes include unemployment, social exclusion, and high vulnerability of certain populations to disasters, diseases and other phenomena which prevent them from being productive."
UN Sustainable Development Goals. (2023). In Gale Global Issues Online Collection. Gale. URL
United Nations. (n.d.). No poverty: Why it matters. URL
United Nations. (n.d.). Ending poverty. URL
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These are just some of the relevant background readings from library databases.
These keywords are SOME of the terms that will help you research this goal. Use these in the main search box on the library homepage, library databases, and Google. Try combining them for the best search.
Develop your own key terms as you read about your topic and solution.
Note: Put quotation marks around phrases when you search (ie "extreme poverty")
extreme poverty
poverty alleviation
poverty eradication
poverty reduction
international poverty line
financial aid AND poverty
financial aid AND poor
financial aid AND north-south divide
financial development AND poverty
financial empowerment
distributional effects
child labor
development aid
social protection
social protection AND access
social protection AND microfinance (micro-finance)
resilience of the poor
safety net AND poor
safety net AND vulnerable
economic resources AND access
food banks
For more about the key terms, see the Elsevier 2019 Scopus queries.
