
Cycle of Poverty: Why It Persists Across Generations
The cycle of poverty develops when low resources, weak opportunities and repeated shocks reinforce disadvantage across generations—but it is not destiny.

The cycle of poverty develops when low resources, weak opportunities and repeated shocks reinforce disadvantage across generations—but it is not destiny.

Inequality in society includes unequal income, wealth, opportunity, security and power. Learn how these gaps form, persist and affect mobility.

The gap between rich and poor extends beyond income to wealth, debt, security and opportunity, shaping mobility and advantages across generations.

The role of education in society extends beyond jobs and exams. Education transmits knowledge, develops skills, shapes citizenship, distributes opportunity and helps societies ada…