poverty trap

English

Noun

poverty trap (plural poverty traps)

1. A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.

   Antonym: generational wealth

Translations

cycle which allows poverty to persist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧困陷阱 / 贫困陷阱 (pínkùn xiànjǐng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: köyhyysloukku
• German: Armutsfalle f
• Greek: παγίδα της φτώχιας f (pagída tis ftóchias)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: лову́шка бе́дности f (lovúška bédnosti), лову́шка нищеты́ f (lovúška niščetý)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• wage slavery

Further reading

• poverty trap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia