Theoretical considerations of poverty reduction

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https://doi.org/10.69940/ruc.20250604

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Education, financial inclusion, industrialization, entrepreneurship

Abstract

Poverty reduction is a set of economic and humanitarian measures aimed at lifting people out of poverty on a permanent basis. The aim of the research is to describe the main theoretical considerations for poverty reduction. For this purpose, a qualitative approach methodology of documentary and descriptive review was used. The data collection technique was a literature search in ScienceDirect databases from 2013 to 2023, and grounded theory was used to analyse the data. The research findings have shown that there are several factors that depend on the region of each country, but the main factors of poverty reduction in developed countries are through education, because a person with a higher level of education tends to have a better quality of life. Consequently, financial inclusion such as access to micro-credit. On the other hand, industrial development for the employment it generates and external factors, these factors are the entrepreneurs that are installed in the environment of the industries, for which they need support, in these supports enter the factors mentioned above such as education and microcredit.

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2025-03-07

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Duarte Sanchez, D. D., & Guerrero Barreto, R. (2025). Theoretical considerations of poverty reduction. Revista UNIDA Científica, 9(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.69940/ruc.20250604