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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/hicks.jpg2000700Efforts to find one simple indicator of poverty are unlikely to succeed and run the risk of misdirecting policies intended to reduce poverty. Better approaches exist, but they involve hard work and collaboration. They are intense and messy, not magical. The many actors, both governments and NGOs, who play a role in fighting poverty in […]