cycle of poverty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcycleandpoverty
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cycle
noun
uk/ˈsaɪ.kəl/us/ˈsaɪ.kəl/
UK
a ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofcycleandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Children and old people are the most vulnerable, and are often locked in acycleofpovertyfrom which it is almost impossible to escape.
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The arms trade link between the growingcycleofpovertyand the danger of instability followed by the danger of war is intense.
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No form of investment is more fruitful than that which breaks the reproductivecycleofpoverty.
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That strategy is aimed at sustaining the peace accords and breaking thecycleofpovertyand exclusion that affects the country.
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Many poor countries remain trapped in acycleofpovertyand environmental degradation.
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The initial exogenous shock of irrigation in the lowlands seems to have set into motion a virtuouscycleofpovertyreduction and reduced forest pressure.
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Furthermore, thecycleofpovertyrenewed itself in the next generation.
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In many cases, however, instead of "breaking the endlesscycleofpoverty," foreign aid has become the opiate of the developing world.
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But we would expect him to have baulked at the reference to the 'tangle of pathology' and the notion of a 'cycleofpovertyand disadvantage'.
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For this reason it is important to take all possible steps to break thecycleofpovertybeing handed down from one generation to another.
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They were given no practical help to break out of thecycleofpoverty.
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I welcome that consistent and determined attack to break thecycleofpovertywhich diminishes so many lives.
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Do they claim that they have a policy which will break thecycleofpoverty?
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Only thus can those who are being left behind be reached; only thus can thecycleofpovertybe broken.
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It believes that it is vital to support teenage parents to end thecycleofpovertyand misery, which often occurs.
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A lack of mobility can be a symptom of people being trapped in acycleofpoverty.
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Schools that were struggling now feel that they can play their part in ending thecycleofpovertyand deprivation.
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It would for ever break thecycleofpovertyin retirement.
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He set up neighbourhood schemes, urban guidelines studies, inner area studies, and thecycleofpovertyand the quality of life studies.
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So it can help break thecycleofpovertyand unemployment.
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