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Cycle of poverty — OCR GCSE Geography B Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Cycle of poverty

Definition

A situation in which low incomes limit investment in improvements that could help raise incomes, allowing poverty to continue.

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OCR GCSE Geography B · J384

Specification 6.1b · Paper 2, Paper 3

Poor health, limited skills and inadequate infrastructure then make it harder to increase production and earnings. This is a cycle of poverty.
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