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Ethnic Poverty: Causes, Implications, and Solutions

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No Poverty

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Synonyms

Ethnic inequality; Ethnic minorities; Poverty reduction

Definitions

Poverty manifests itself in various forms, including a lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods, hunger and malnutrition, ill health, increased morbidity and mortality from illness, limits on or lack of access to education and other basic services, homelessness and inadequate housing, unsafe environments, and social discrimination and exclusion. It is also characterized by a lack of participation in decision-making and in civil, social, and cultural life. An ethnic group is a social group that shares a common and distinctive history, culture, religion, language, or the like. Ethnic poverty occurs when there is systemic poverty for an ethnic group.

Introduction

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon that goes beyond a lack of income and material resources (Revenga et al. 2002; UN 2018). Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other...

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Olarewaju, T., Olarewaju, T. (2020). Ethnic Poverty: Causes, Implications, and Solutions. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_124-1

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