Usually means: Cycle where poverty perpetuates itself.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. poverty trap: Merriam-Webster
  2. poverty trap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poverty trap: Collins English Dictionary
  4. poverty trap: Vocabulary.com
  5. poverty trap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. poverty trap: Wiktionary
  7. poverty trap: Dictionary.com
  8. Poverty trap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. poverty trap: Rhymezone
  10. poverty trap: FreeDictionary.org
  11. poverty trap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. poverty trap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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noun:  A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.

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