The Irish Government's 2007 National Action Plan for Social Inclusion defines poverty as: "People live in poverty if their income and resources (material, cultural and social) are so inadequate that they prevent them from having a standard of living considered acceptable by society at large. Because of inadequate income and other resources, people may be excluded and marginalized from participating in activities that are considered the norm. for other people in society. Based on this definition, we learn that people live in poverty if they do not have enough money to do the things that are considered basic to human life. Some of them may not have enough money to buy food for the family, or not being able to afford to heat your home in the winter… However, poverty is much more than not having enough money for material things. It can also mean that people don't have money for social activities, and this can lead to people to feel cut off from society because they cannot afford to participate (www.neoperspectives.com/poverty). Poverty has many causes, and some The primary factors are: overpopulation, unequal distribution of resources in the world economy, inability to meet high standards of living and costs of living, inadequate education and employment opportunities, environmental degradation, some economic trends, demographic and social incentives (www.traveldocs. com/economia). According to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion, other factors that contribute to poverty include: employment, age, health, education and location. Specifically, if a person is unemployed or has a low-paid job, they are more likely to become poor. Elderly people and children whose parents are poor are at greater risk of pov... middle of paper......Ricans and people in developed countries or even rich people in developing countries would send their hard-earned money money to government officials in poor countries and ensure that the money reaches the poor. Given the magnitude of the poverty problem, the international development community has defined the Millennium Goal by addressing the problem of poverty in its various manifestations. Unfortunately, the achievement of such goals seems to be very ambiguous. To reduce poverty, I think organizations should adopt more policies and institutions that support economic freedom. Well-recognized economic freedom is the key to promoting economic growth. In other words, to solve the problem of poverty, we should leave people free to accumulate unlimited amounts of wealth, freely engage in any commercial enterprise, and enter into any peaceful exchange with anyone in the world...