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View synonyms for poverty trap
poverty trap
noun
- the situation of being unable to escape poverty because of being dependent on state benefits, which are reduced by the same amount as any extra income gained
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When all the young people leave, regions, even large regions, can sink into a poverty trap from which they cannot recover.
From The Daily Beast
This is the time to reform this outmoded social dinosaur and finally break the poverty trap.
From Project Gutenberg
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