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PART 1 - What it means to be poor
PART 2 - What causes poverty?
PART 3 - Who are the poor?
PART 4 - Who's doing what?
PART 5 - What does the future hold?

Other articles in Part 2

The best and worst of times

Why are some people unable to earn a living

Poverty research

Education plays key role in poverty

Minimum wage fails to keep up

Do the poor pay taxes

Graph: Full time minimum wage falls below poverty line

Graph: Full time minimum wage falls below poverty line

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